Centerville El, Centerville TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Centerville El

Centerville Elementary is a small school of about three-sixties students in a rural county-seat town in Leon County, Texas, serving the Pre-K through sixth-grade band. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial share from low-income households qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school sits within the town itself on West Church Street, near the courthouse square and the civic life of Centerville rather than on an isolated campus.

State testing data from the most recent year shows uneven proficiency across grades and subjects. In English Language Arts, the school's performance varies by grade: third grade and sixth grade performed near or above the halfway point, fifth grade performed noticeably higher, while fourth grade fell below the halfway mark. Mathematics proficiency tells a starker story. Third grade sat well below half, fourth and sixth grade fell into the lower fifth, and only fifth grade reached close to two-fifths proficiency. Science, tested in fifth grade only, showed very low proficiency. Across all subjects and levels combined, a modest minority of students achieved proficiency at the "meets" level or above; a larger share reached the "approaches" level. On the proficiency index measure used to compare schools within Leon County, Centerville Elementary lands in the bottom quartile among the county's districts, suggesting performance below the county midpoint. The data comes from the state's standardized assessment; a parent may want to ask the school about what supports or interventions are in place for students not yet meeting grade-level standards, particularly in math and science.

Centerville itself is a slow-growth, rural town functioning as the commercial and civic hub of Leon County. The courthouse square anchors daily life, with antique shops, parks, and community events, though street life concentrates there and the wider landscape is defined by pine forests, pastures, and acreage lots where residents drive between home and school. Housing values have dipped slightly in recent years but remain modest relative to state and national benchmarks. Homeownership is strong, and the median age skews toward retirees and established households rather than young families. The district passed a building bond in 2023, signaling investment in facilities; the property tax rate trended downward over several years before that capital commitment, though long-term debt service from the bond will affect tax bills going forward. Employment centers on public sector jobs, the school district itself, and highway corridor businesses.

The school is small enough that a parent can expect to know staff and have visibility into classroom life, and rural enough that peer composition is stable and local. The testing results suggest a school where many students are working below proficiency, a pattern that warrants a direct conversation with administrators about how they diagnose and address learning gaps, what classroom instruction and tutoring look like, and what progress is visible over time.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 15 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 648%

School 48% · District 48%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 10 pts below state median

This schoolCENTERVILLE ISD, 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-income43%Higher-income45%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income56%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income70%28 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income56%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income36%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income12%Higher-income32%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income11%Higher-income65%54 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income19%1 pp gap