Elementary · Texas
W E Chalmers El
Free meals for allW E Chalmers El, a public elementary school in Gainesville, Texas: grades 2–4, 703 students, 18.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gainesville ISD.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 703
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.6
- Students per teacher
- 18.2
- Grades
- 2–4
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared
More students per teacher than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 81% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared
Larger than 89% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%24%proficient
+0.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 98% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 52% · 4,441 elementary schools compared
442 students tested, grades 3, 4 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%20%proficient
−4.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 43% · 4,441 elementary schools compared
483 students tested, grades 3, 4 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 2–4
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Gainesville ISD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gainesville ISD.
Location
- Address
- 600 Fm 3092, Gainesville, TX 76240
- Phone
- (940)665-4147
- City or town
- Gainesville
- County
- Cooke County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edison ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 630 | 18.2 | — | — |
| Pre-K–5 | 531 | 14.4 | 48% | 39% | |
| Pre-K–6 | 268 | 12.5 | 64% | 54% | |
| Pre-K–4 | 360 | 12.2 | 34% | 34% | |
Walnut Bend ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 73 | 11.1 | 70% | 13% |
Whitesboro IntFree meals for all | 3–5 | 473 | 17.8 | 49% | 38% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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