George West El, George West TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on George West El

George West Elementary serves grades four through six in a small rural South Texas setting. The school enrolls a modest population and sits within George West Independent School District, which adopted a modified four-day instructional week beginning in 2023-24. That shift means most weeks run four days with dismissal around 4 p.m., although some weeks are five days; the change was made to extend instructional time and help recruit and retain teachers. Families should plan around this schedule, and the district arranged boys and girls club childcare from noon to 6 p.m. on closed Fridays.

Academically, the school shows uneven performance across subjects. In English language arts, results are stronger: about three-quarters of students scored at proficiency or above in grades five and six, and roughly four-fifths in grade four. Math proficiency is more mixed. Fourth graders scored at about two-thirds proficiency, sixth graders at roughly two-thirds, but fifth graders fell to about half. Science results in grade five, the only year tested, came in at less than half proficiency. Across all subjects and grade levels, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint relative to other districts in Live Oak County, though the range among those districts is wide.

When proficiency is broken down into Texas's performance levels, the school shows strength at the "approaches" level (roughly nine in ten students across all subjects reach that floor), but far fewer reach "masters" level, with math mastery particularly low at less than a third of students and social studies mastery at only about one in six. This pattern suggests the school is reaching most students at a basic floor but faces challenges moving students into deeper mastery, particularly in quantitative reasoning and content knowledge.

The student body is roughly split between Hispanic and white students, with a substantial share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. No data was available on the school's English learner population or students in special education, so a parent may want to look into those enrollment details with the school directly.

The school occupies a downtown location on Houston Street, the civic spine of George West. The town itself is a small, slowly declining county seat shaped by ranching and energy activity, with a compact downtown organized around the courthouse public square. Housing values are below state and national medians and have declined modestly. The local economy centers on retail trade, accommodation and food services, and education. Current public investment focuses on downtown streetscape improvements rather than new housing development, reflecting the town's slow-growth character. There is no fixed-route public transit; families drive to most destinations.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 27 pts above state median

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 31 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 30 pts above state median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 681%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 29 pts above state median

Science

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 21 pts above state median

This schoolGEORGE WEST 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 4Lower-income70%Higher-income89%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income70%Higher-income78%8 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income79%Higher-income83%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income61%Higher-income76%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income53%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income63%4 pp gap