The top reported proficiency rate is 26% in English language arts. The lowest is 0% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Betty M Condra School for Education Innovation
Betty M Condra School for Education Innovation is a kindergarten through fifth-grade charter district in Lubbock County. The school serves about a hundred and seventy students across its grades, with enrollment built around roughly equal cohorts in the primary grades, tapering slightly in upper grades.
The school's defining purpose is serving students with learning differences. It specializes in dyslexia, ADHD, and similar conditions, offering smaller classes and individualized instruction as its core approach. In early 2023, the school moved to a renovated former medical building in downtown Lubbock with substantially more space than its prior locations, designed to grow enrollment over time and accommodate the waiting list that had accumulated across most grades before the expansion. The school also partners with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, where researchers study language, reading, and auditory processing in its students. That partnership reflects the school's role as both a teaching environment and a site for research on learning needs.
The student body is roughly half Hispanic, with a substantial share who are white and a meaningful minority who are Black. No enrollment data was available on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility or the count of English learners and students with IEPs, though the nature of the school suggests a large share of students carry learning support needs.
State test results from 2024-25 show proficiency across third, fourth, and fifth grades in math, reading, and science where fifth grade is assessed. In math, proficiency ranges from single digits in third grade to roughly a quarter of fifth graders, with scale scores showing growth across the grade span. Reading proficiency runs higher, reaching roughly a third of third graders and a higher share of fourth and fifth graders. In science at fifth grade, no students met proficiency, though the assessment is newly expanded in Texas and results are still stabilizing statewide. Taken together, these figures are substantially below the typical proficiency rates seen in Lubbock County's other districts and suggest this is a population facing real academic challenges, which aligns with the school's mission to serve students who struggle with learning differences.
Chronic absenteeism runs quite high, above most other districts in Lubbock County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, as it can reflect both the challenges students face and the school's own supports or barriers to attendance.
Per-pupil spending at the school exceeds most other districts in the county, placing it in the upper range. This reflects the more individualized, resource-intensive approach the school provides, though it also reflects the charter model's cost structure.
For families seeking a specialized environment built around students who learn differently, with research partnerships and smaller-class instruction, Condra represents a deliberate choice within the local landscape. For families seeking schools with higher aggregate test proficiency or lower absenteeism, the data shows this is not the right fit. The school's recent expansion signals stability and the school's own commitment to growth, making access more feasible than when the waiting list was substantial.
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