Summary:
In zip code 78615, there is one elementary school, Coupland Elementary, which serves students from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade in the Coupland Independent School District (Isd), a small, rural community with a total enrollment of 323 students.
Coupland Elementary is a school of striking contrasts, excelling in advanced math while struggling in foundational reading and 8th-grade subjects. The school’s most impressive achievement is in Algebra I, where 90.91% of students are proficient, far exceeding the state average of 54.03%. However, this strength is juxtaposed with a severe weakness in 8th-grade Mathematics, where only 7.14% of students are proficient compared to the state’s 47.24%. The school also shows a positive trend in mathematics for grades 3 through 7, often matching or beating state averages, but consistently underperforms in reading across nearly all grade levels, with the largest deficits in 3rd and 6th grades. The school’s overall state ranking has fluctuated, dropping to the 30th percentile in 2023-2024 before rebounding to the 59th percentile in 2024-2025, and settling at the 38th percentile in the most recent data.
With a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.1 and a 0% dropout rate, the school offers a supportive environment, but its small size makes it vulnerable to significant year-over-year performance swings due to the "cohort effect." For instance, 8th-grade Social Studies proficiency jumped from 9.09% to 28% in one year. The school also serves a high-need population, with 68.73% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Despite this, Coupland Elementary manages to achieve above-state-average results in several math grades, suggesting that targeted math interventions are working, even as early literacy and 8th-grade math require urgent attention.
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