Summary:
In zip code 78834, there is one elementary school, Carrizo Springs Elementary, serving grades PK through 3 in Carrizo Springs, Texas, with 573 students enrolled.
Carrizo Springs Elementary is part of the Carrizo Springs Consolidated Independent School District, which is ranked 753rd out of 951 districts in Texas (21st percentile) and holds a 1-star rating. The school has a high rate of economic disadvantage, with 79.06% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. It spends $11,502 per student and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 13.4, which is relatively low and suggests smaller class sizes. Academically, the school has shown significant year-over-year improvement in 3rd-grade STAAR scores from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with Reading proficiency rising from 34.85% to 44.92% and Math proficiency increasing from 22.56% to 33.9%. Despite this growth, the school still trails state averages, which are 51.08% in Reading and 44.33% in Math for the most recent year.
Mathematics is a particular area of concern, as the gap between the school's Math score (33.9%) and the state average (10.43 points) is larger than the Reading gap (6.16 points). Historically, the school's state ranking has declined over the long term, from the 44th percentile in 2006-2007 to the current district ranking in the 21st percentile. The combination of high poverty rates and below-average academic performance highlights ongoing challenges, though the recent improvement in test scores is a positive sign. The relatively low student-teacher ratio and above-average per-student spending may represent efforts to address these issues, but the achievement gap remains significant.
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