The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Fadden-mckeown-chambliss El
Fadden-McKeown-Chambliss Elementary, known locally as FMC, is a first-through-fifth-grade public school in Beeville, the county seat of Bee County in South Texas. It sits within Beeville ISD and draws from a community shaped by agriculture, energy work, and public-sector employment, particularly the several state correctional facilities that anchor the area's economy. Beeville itself is a small regional center positioned between San Antonio and Corpus Christi, with a working-town character, a historic courthouse square, and a residential pattern that moves from older central blocks outward toward newer subdivisions along the town's northern and eastern edges.
The school serves a large enrollment for its grade band, with the student body overwhelmingly Hispanic and a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting the economic profile of the surrounding community. English learner counts and special education data were not available in what was provided.
On state STAAR assessments, the picture is mixed across grades and subjects. Reading and math results for third and fourth graders show that roughly half or fewer students are reaching the meets-grade-level standard, with third-grade math running notably lower than the other tested combinations. Fifth-grade reading comes in at the stronger end of what the school reported. Science at fifth grade is the softest result in the available data, with only a modest share of students reaching proficiency. The share of students reaching the state's "masters" level, meaning the highest performance tier, is quite low across all subjects, and a parent wanting to understand where students are concentrating would find that most fall in the approaches-grade-level band rather than the higher tiers. Trend data covers only one year, so it is not possible to say whether results are improving, declining, or holding steady; a parent may want to ask the school directly about year-over-year progress.
Placed against districts in Bee County, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint of that group, which provides some context, though Bee County's districts are not a large comparison pool.
One development that directly affects this school is worth understanding before enrollment. Publicly reported, voters approved a bond measure whose centerpiece is a new elementary school that would consolidate FMC and R.A. Hall Elementary onto one campus. Construction is publicly reported as actively progressing. Families enrolling at FMC now should expect that the school as it currently exists is likely to transition to a new, combined campus within the coming years. The district also publicly announced that Pre-K is now offered free to all families regardless of income, which matters for families with incoming kindergartners thinking about the pipeline from the earliest grades.
The housing market in Beeville is notably affordable relative to state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below both. Values have dipped modestly year over year. Rental data was not available for the area. The city has recently approved agreements to add new residential development in response to a publicly stated housing shortage, though Beeville has also seen population decline in recent years even as those expansion plans move forward. That combination of declining population and active new construction is a context worth watching for families making longer-term housing decisions.
For families with children in the first through fifth grades, this is a school rooted in a tightly knit, majority-Hispanic South Texas community, operating in a district that is actively investing in its facilities and expanding career pathways at the secondary level. The academic results in the current data sit below where many families would hope to see them, and the pending campus consolidation adds a layer of transition to factor into any enrollment decision.
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