Pinkerton El, Coppell TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Pinkerton El

Pinkerton Elementary serves grades pre-K through fifth in Coppell, a suburban Dallas community. The school enrolls a small-to-moderate population with a student body that skews toward Asian and white families; about a third of students are Asian, a bit over two-fifths are white, and the remainder are distributed across Hispanic, multiracial, Black, and other backgrounds. Very few students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively affluent zone. Specific counts of students receiving special education services or designated as English learners were not available in the public data.

The housing market around the school reflects the area's character. Home values are substantial, and rents are corresponderate; affordability metrics suggest that homeownership requires a sizable portion of household income, and rental is somewhat more accessible relative to purchase. The region's economic conditions show moderate employment and stable household income typical of suburban Dallas.

On state testing, Pinkerton shows a profile worth examining closely. Reading and language arts performance is a genuine strength. In grade five, proficiency in English language arts reaches a notably high level. In grade three and four, proficiency still sits at a solid baseline. Mathematics proficiency climbs across the grade band, peaking in grade five at a level well above the school's grade-three baseline. This upward trend in math and strong reading foundation suggest the school is building competency progressively as students advance. When comparing across all tested content and grades, Pinkerton's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Dallas County districts, an important marker that the school is performing well by regional peers.

One soft spot deserves attention. Science proficiency in grade five, the only grade where science is tested, falls notably below the school's reading and math results. A parent may want to look into how the school approaches science instruction and whether that gap reflects instruction, assessment design, or other factors.

The school has only one year of reported data, so trend analysis is not possible. This snapshot represents recent performance, but whether results are stable, improving, or shifting cannot yet be determined from the available record.

Pinkerton serves an elementary band only, so there is no high school or secondary programming, and civil-rights graduation data do not apply. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet program.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 74% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 469%

School 69% · District 11% · ▲ 58 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 0% · ▲ 75 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 377%

School 77% · District 20% · ▲ 57 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 474%

School 74% · District 55% · ▲ 19 pts above district

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

Grade 589%

School 89% · District 81% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

Science

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 52% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

This schoolCOPPELL 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 5Lower-income20%Higher-income96%76 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income80%60 pp gap