Ehrhart School, Beaumont TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ehrhart School

Ehrhart School is a small open-enrollment charter serving PreK through 8th grade in Beaumont, with an enrollment that has grown from prior years while maintaining intentionally small class sizes. The school sits in a city anchored by petrochemical manufacturing and energy, where most families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and the majority of students are Hispanic. For families considering it, the school's defining trait is a particular academic profile: strong reading performance paired with uneven math results that sharpen as students move into 8th grade.

Reading attainment is where Ehrhart stands out. Across grades 3 through 8, students in English language arts consistently show proficiency above what the school achieves in math. Third-grade reading reaches above the midpoint, fourth-grade sits just above half proficient, then fifth through eighth grades cluster in the mid to high range. The pattern holds even as students move through middle school. In 8th-grade reading, about three-quarters of students show proficiency or mastery. Reading is plainly the school's stronger subject.

Mathematics tells a different story. Third and fourth grades show proficiency in the low-to-mid range, fifth grade improves noticeably, and sixth grade reaches into the high range. Then seventh grade drops sharply, with proficiency falling to less than a quarter of students. Eighth grade rebounds significantly, climbing back to a much higher level. This pattern—solid early elementary, a middle-school dip in seventh grade, then recovery in eighth—is notable enough that a parent may want to look into what happens in that seventh-grade year and what changes in instruction or support by the time students reach 8th.

Science results are mixed. Fifth-grade proficiency sits below two-fifths of students, suggesting a possible area of need in upper elementary, while eighth-grade science shows stronger performance at around two-thirds. Social studies in 8th grade lags sharply, with fewer than a third of students proficient, the lowest result the school reports across subjects and grades.

The school's student body is predominantly Hispanic (about five-sixths of enrollment) with substantial economic hardship: roughly five-sixths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. This demographic profile is typical of Beaumont schools and reflects the city's economic profile. The school itself enrolls roughly a few hundred students across PreK and grades K through 8, making it genuinely small. District briefs indicate the school has been expanding enrollment while keeping student-teacher ratios around 13 to 1, tighter than Beaumont ISD schools. The school also reportedly operates with per-pupil spending below nearby district schools.

One strategic note from school leadership: Ehrhart's website now includes dedicated high school sections, and at least one directory lists it as serving through grade 9, suggesting the school may be adding secondary grades. Most directories still show PreK-8 only. If this expansion is happening, it could matter for a family hoping to keep their child at the same small charter beyond middle school, though no firm expansion date was publicly confirmed.

Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing depth, special-education or English-learner enrollment rates, and graduation outcomes is not available, so a parent would benefit from asking the school directly about those areas and about the seventh-grade math dip.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

even with state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 723%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 875%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 37%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

This schoolEHRHART SCHOOL, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income63%Higher-income44%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income51%Higher-income50%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income64%Higher-income80%16 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income62%Higher-income80%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income62%Higher-income57%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income70%Higher-income100%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income56%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income75%40 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income60%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income80%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income20%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income72%Higher-income82%10 pp gap