Frankston El, Frankston TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Frankston El

Frankston El is a small elementary school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in rural East Texas, located a few blocks from the historic Frankston town square. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and Asian students. About three in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a lower-income catchment.

The school's latest state assessment results show mixed academic performance. In English language arts, results are stronger, particularly in fourth grade where most students met the proficiency standard. Fifth grade also showed solid performance in reading and writing. In mathematics, the pattern is weaker and more uneven: third graders struggled most with about half meeting the standard, fourth graders performed better, and fifth graders showed the strongest math results. Science proficiency in fifth grade was notably low, with fewer than half of students meeting the standard. Across all tested subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among the seven school districts in Anderson County, suggesting performance above the regional median despite the uneven year-to-year and subject-to-subject variation.

The school sits within Frankston ISD, which operates three campuses serving the small town and surrounding area. Two recent district changes affect families enrolling here: the district moved to a four-day instructional week (Tuesday through Friday) in 2023 as a three-year pilot running through 2026, so students have Mondays off. That schedule change alters childcare and weekly routines substantially and is worth understanding before enrollment. Second, the district offers free breakfast and lunch to all students through the federal Community Eligibility Provision, eliminating meal costs for families.

The town of Frankston itself is a small, rural, car-dependent community centered on a historic town square, near Lake Palestine for recreation. Median home values in the area are below the state benchmark, and the housing market is affordable relative to national prices. The nearest mid-sized cities are within a short drive. No formal data on teacher staffing, special education enrollment, or English learner population was available for this school, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those details. The school's overall position in the county suggests it is performing solidly in the regional context, though the science results and lower math proficiency in lower grades warrant close attention to how the school addresses those subject areas.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 21 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 19 pts above state median

Grade 477%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 28 pts above state median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Science

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 20 pts above state median

This schoolFRANKSTON 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-income52%Higher-income79%27 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income79%Higher-income76%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income62%Higher-income69%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income63%31 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income62%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income58%Higher-income66%8 pp gap