The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in English language arts. The lowest is 33% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Comfort El
Comfort Elementary is a small public school serving about 470 early-grade students, from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, in the rural Hill Country town of Comfort. The school sits within the compact historic downtown, where the walkable core lets families bike to school or connect to local gathering spaces. The student body reflects the region: a solid majority are Hispanic, with a substantial share of white students and a small Asian population. About three in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
The school's academic performance shows consistent weakness in core proficiency rates. In third grade, about four in ten students met proficiency in math, and roughly four in ten in English language arts. Those rates decline as students move through the tested grades, with only about three in ten fifth graders proficient in math, and about one in four mastering the grade-level standard. On the English side, third-grade proficiency stands near four in ten, but reportable data for fourth and fifth grades is limited due to small Spanish-language testing populations. Science testing appears only in fifth grade and with a sample too small to report.
When viewed across all tested subjects and grades together, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint among the three districts in Kendall County. This reflects a consistent pattern: a stable plurality of students approach grade-level standards, but fewer than half meet them, and a small slice master advanced content. The data offered here comes from the most recent school year and represents a single snapshot; no trend data was available to show whether the school is improving or stable.
What a parent should understand is that the tested grades at Comfort Elementary show lower proficiency. A parent may want to look directly into what the school is doing to address gaps in math and reading, what support systems exist for students who are not yet meeting standards, and how the school tracks and communicates progress. The school does not appear to face immediate enrollment pressure; it is absorbing students from the small local population and the expanding housing developments north of town. The district itself recently approved a substantial bond package to build a career and technical education facility and upgrade athletic infrastructure, which signals investment in the broader district but also locks in property tax increases for families already in the area.
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