Elkhart Middle, Elkhart TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Elkhart Middle

Elkhart Middle is a small school serving grades six through eight in a rural East Texas town. The school sits on a shared campus with the elementary and intermediate buildings, all located in the center of Elkhart near the historic downtown. The student body is small, and most students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of the community.

In English language arts, the school shows strength. Across all three grades, proficiency hovers around the low-to-mid range, with eighth graders performing notably better than sixth and seventh graders. Performance in reading and writing points to something the school is doing well in literacy instruction. Math presents a different picture. Proficiency is notably weaker, with only a modest portion of students meeting grade-level standards in sixth and seventh grade, though eighth-grade math improves somewhat. The gap between ELA and math proficiency is substantial and consistent across the middle grades.

Science and social studies each test in eighth grade only. Science proficiency reaches a level that suggests students grasp the material reasonably well. Social studies proficiency is low, similar to math, which may indicate either curriculum emphasis or student difficulty with that content area.

Looking at Texas's proficiency scale beyond simple meets-standard counting, the data shows that while a strong share of students approach grade-level competency across subjects, only a modest portion actually master the material. The school has more ground to cover in moving students from approaching to meeting to mastering, particularly in quantitative reasoning.

The school is part of Elkhart ISD, which recently passed a bond to modernize its elementary through middle school facilities. That investment reflects district commitment to the campuses but also signals that aging infrastructure was a prior constraint. Property tax obligations for homeowners without age-based exemptions will increase modestly to support the bond repayment.

Elkhart itself is a fully rural town with a small, stable-to-declining population. Housing is overwhelmingly single-family and older in vintage. There is no major employer; residents work in retail, health care, transportation, or the school district itself. The town has no public library and no fixed-route transit, so access to services beyond the school and downtown requires driving. This is the setting families choose when they send children to Elkhart Middle: a tight-knit rural community where school is a visible civic institution, but one where academic support systems and peer diversity are limited by sheer scale and isolation.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 36%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 38%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 3 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Science

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 28 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 36%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolELKHART 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 6Lower-income59%Higher-income72%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income67%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income66%Higher-income73%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income35%2 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income43%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income31%Higher-income44%13 pp gap