Devers El, Devers TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Devers El

Devers Elementary is a small school in a small rural town in Liberty County, between Beaumont and Houston, serving roughly a hundred-and-thirty students in pre-K through fifth grade. The school sits in a flat agricultural landscape where the local economy rests on ranching, farming, and energy; the area offers affordable rural homeownership and a quiet, car-dependent setting along Highway 90. The school and the broader Devers ISD have built a strong academic reputation despite their size.

The most distinctive fact about Devers ISD is its four-day instructional week, Monday through Thursday, with Fridays off. The district adopted this schedule several years ago and has sustained it. Each of those four days runs roughly thirty-five minutes longer than a traditional day. This calendar choice means childcare and work schedules need to accommodate a Friday off, a real planning change for families, but the district reports the model has helped with attendance, student growth, and cost efficiency.

On academic performance, Devers Elementary's state assessment results show genuine strength. In English language arts across grades three through five, the school shows solid to excellent proficiency. Third grade runs lower in math than in reading, but fourth grade reaches universal proficiency in both subjects, and fifth grade hits universal proficiency in reading with strong results in math. Science proficiency in fifth grade runs somewhat lower. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among the school's county peers.

The school's population is small and fairly homogeneous. The enrollment is predominantly White, with smaller shares of Hispanic and Black students; a modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting moderate economic diversity in the catchment. Specific counts for special education enrollment and English learners are not available in the data. Pre-K and kindergarten enrollments are also present, so the school serves younger students who are not tested.

The school earned a 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools award and holds an A accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency for 2024-2025, as does the whole district. These are genuine credentials that signal sustained academic performance at a level many larger, better-resourced schools do not reach.

The school offers athletics including basketball, cross country, and track and field, the kinds of programs typical of a rural elementary through middle-grade setting. Beyond that, the data provided does not detail other specific enrichment, bilingual, or special academic pathways.

For a family considering this school, the fit depends on practical alignment with the four-day schedule, comfort with a small rural setting and limited program breadth, and whether the child's academic level matches a school where overall proficiency runs strong. The school's track record is real. The trade-off is that in a school this size, program choice is limited compared to larger districts, and the surrounding town offers the amenities and services of a small agricultural community rather than an urban or suburban one.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 46 pts above county median

Grade 4100%

School 100% · District 100%

▲ 59 pts above state median · ▲ 77 pts above county median

Grade 585%

School 85% · District 85%

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 59 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 390%

School 90% · District 90%

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 53 pts above county median

Grade 4100%

School 100% · District 100%

▲ 51 pts above state median · ▲ 71 pts above county median

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 100%

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 67 pts above county median

Science

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 67 pts above county median

This schoolDEVERS 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-income100%Higher-income87%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income80%40 pp gap