Summary:
In zip code 79545, Roscoe, Texas, there are three elementary-level schools serving Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade within the Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District (Isd), which ranks in the 24th percentile statewide, highlighting a district with significant academic challenges.
The standout school is Roscoe Elementary, a traditional school with 179 students in grades 1-5 that has dramatically improved from a 2-star to a 4-star rating, now outperforming state averages in key areas like 3rd grade math (72.97% proficient vs. 44.33% state) and 4th grade reading (68.89% vs. 53.04%). In stark contrast, Lone Star Online Academy is a massive online school with 11,686 students (K-8) that consistently ranks in the bottom 1-2% of Texas schools, with critically low proficiency rates such as 8.85% in 3rd grade math and a high 6.1% dropout rate. The third school, Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood, serves only 84 students in Pre-K and Kindergarten, lacks standardized test scores, and has a high student-to-teacher ratio of 21:1 with lower per-student spending ($9,470) compared to Roscoe Elementary ($23,694).
The most striking finding is the extreme performance gap between the two main schools: Roscoe Elementary is a top-quartile performer while Lone Star Online Academy is a bottom-1% school, suggesting the district's overall ranking is heavily skewed by the struggling online program. Additionally, resource allocation appears inequitable, with the high-performing Roscoe Elementary receiving significantly more funding per student than the early childhood Montessori program, which serves a population with a 58.33% free/reduced lunch rate. This data indicates that parents should carefully consider the dramatic differences in academic outcomes and resource distribution when choosing a school in this area.
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