Souder El, Everman TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Souder El

Souder Elementary sits in Everman, a small incorporated city on the southwest edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The school serves grades one through five and enrolls a student body that is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with a very high share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The median home value in the area is slightly below the Texas benchmark, and rental costs are moderate within the Dallas-Fort Worth context.

The school's state testing results show mixed performance across subjects and grades. In English language arts, third-graders achieved at a higher level than upper grades, with proficiency at about half. Fourth-graders struggled most in ELA, while fifth-graders improved somewhat. Math proficiency was lower overall, particularly in fifth grade where it sat well below third grade. Science proficiency for fifth grade was notably weak. Grade four testing in math was administered to a very small group and produced no usable proficiency data. Across all subjects tested, about six in ten students reached the "approaches" level, meaning they demonstrated some progress toward the standard, while about one in three met the standard and about one in eight mastered it.

The school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint among Tarrant County districts, a position that suggests academic support is needed. A parent may want to look into further what specific interventions the school has in place to raise performance, especially in math and science where results are lower, and to understand the gap between third-grade performance and that of older students.

Everman ISD recently passed a bond package funding major renovation and expansion of four elementary schools, including Souder, as well as a multipurpose facility at the high school. This bond represents the district's first major capital investment in more than a decade and will mean multi-year construction activity. It also triggered a property tax increase that becomes a permanent line item for homeowners in the district. On the curriculum side, the district has expanded dual-credit and early-college pathways through partnerships with Texas Wesleyan University and Tarrant County College, allowing high school students to earn college credits at no cost or at reduced cost, though these programs serve students beyond Souder's elementary-grade cohort. For families considering Everman and Souder specifically, the combination of capital investment and modest home values may balance against academic performance results that lag the county average.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 11% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 31% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 42% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 16% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 47% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 12% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

This schoolEVERMAN 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.