The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Carroll El
Carroll Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fourth grade in Corsicana, a small Texas city southeast of Dallas on Interstate 45. The school sits in a community that is growing modestly as Dallas sprawl pushes south, with a mix of historic downtown character and newer residential development. Corsicana itself has a heritage rooted in oil and manufacturing, with a working downtown and substantial service-sector employment.
The school's enrollment is small to modest for its grade band, with the majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with a smaller share of white students and very small counts of other races. The racial and economic composition reflects the broader Corsicana community, which is lower-income and racially diverse.
Carroll Elementary is one of five Corsicana ISD campuses selected in 2025-2026 for Rising Star recognition in the Capturing Kids' Hearts program, a district-wide initiative to build positive school culture. This signals an intentional shift in how the school approaches classroom relationships and the social-emotional environment. Whether this recent roll-out will translate to measurable change in academic outcomes is too early to say.
Academic results are a significant concern. State test proficiency rates in math are markedly low across tested grades, with only about one in four students meeting or exceeding the state standard in third grade. English language arts proficiency is somewhat higher but still below half of students meeting the standard. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among Navarro County's six districts. The data available does not explain whether these results reflect particular concentrations of students with specific learning needs, English learners, or other subgroups, since that disaggregated demographic detail is not reported. Parents may want to ask the school directly about its student support systems, reading intervention programs, and math remediation pathways, and what the school sees as root drivers of these results.
The school participates in the district's dual language (English-Spanish) program through a separate elementary track housed at Sam Houston Elementary. Carroll itself is not the bilingual campus, so families interested in that pathway would enroll at Sam Houston. Carroll is a regular neighborhood school serving the attendance zone directly.
Corsicana ISD as a whole is managing significant facility pressures. Carroll, along with Sam Houston Elementary, Collins Intermediate, and Corsicana High School, is noted as over capacity. In November 2025, voters narrowly supported a large bond package that includes new construction, security upgrades, facility repairs, and a high school CTE addition. This marks the district's second bond attempt in three years, after a 2022 proposal failed. The new bond, if certified, would affect property taxes and shape school conditions over the coming decade. Families moving into Corsicana should be aware of these ongoing infrastructure constraints and the financial commitment the district is making to address them.
Housing in Corsicana is affordable relative to national and state benchmarks, with median home values below both statewide and national medians. Rental costs are similarly modest. The affordability may appeal to families, though it also reflects the area's smaller economic scale. The city's walkability is concentrated in the historic downtown core; outside that area, the town is car-dependent.
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