Ezzell School, Hallettsville TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ezzell School

Ezzell School is a combined PreK-12 building in southern Lavaca County, serving a small, slowly growing rural community between Houston and San Antonio. The school is the centerpiece of Ezzell Independent School District, a historically PreK-8 district that expanded to include high school grades beginning in the 2022-23 school year. That expansion means families in this dispersed agricultural area can now keep students through 12th grade without having to transfer them elsewhere.

The enrollment is small, under two hundred students spread across thirteen grade levels. About half the student body qualifies for free or reduced lunch; the student population is predominantly White, with smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, Asian, and Black students. Data on students with disabilities or English learners was not available.

On state assessments, performance is mixed and uneven by grade. In reading, fourth and sixth graders showed strong proficiency, while third and fifth graders came in well below that. In math, fourth and sixth graders also proficient, but seventh graders showed marked difficulty. Fifth graders in science posted a weak result. A parent may want to look into this further with the school: the pattern suggests either significant grade-to-grade variability in instruction or instruction that works well for some students and less well for others. Eighth graders showed moderate proficiency in both reading and science, with weaker results in social studies. The school does not serve high school grades where state testing ends, so proficiency data stops at eighth grade.

When compared across the seven districts in Lavaca County, Ezzell's overall proficiency index sits below the county midpoint. A graduation rate was not available, which is typical for a school that has only recently begun serving high school students and likely has not yet completed a full graduating class.

The school sits on a rural acreage east of Hallettsville's town center. Hallettsville itself is a county-seat town with a working downtown anchored by the courthouse square, older residential neighborhoods of ranch homes and bungalows, and surrounding farmland. The area has a Czech and German heritage and an agriculture-based economy, with major employers including the county government, a 25-bed hospital, the school district, and retail. Housing values are modest, near regional benchmarks. Growth in the town and district is slow and incremental.

For families in this region, Ezzell offers the practical advantage of keeping high school students in the community rather than busing them elsewhere. The school's size means close relationships and visibility. The state testing data suggests academic support would be worthwhile, particularly in those grade-level cohorts showing difficulty. Beyond that, information about course offerings, teacher qualifications, and student support services was not available in the data provided.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 34 pts above state median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 44 pts above state median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 10 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 492%

School 92% · District 92%

▲ 43 pts above state median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 24 pts below state median

Grade 689%

School 89% · District 89%

▲ 37 pts above state median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 32 pts below state median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Science

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 10 pts below state median

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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-income80%Higher-income44%36 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income80%Higher-income100%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income33%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income80%Higher-income71%9 pp gap