The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in English language arts. The lowest is 53% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Glen Rose Int
Glen Rose Intermediate is an upper-elementary school serving grades three through five in a small, rural county seat in north-central Texas. The school enrolls roughly five hundred students across its grade band and is the intermediate-level campus within Glen Rose ISD, a single-district system in Somervell County.
The town of Glen Rose sits at the confluence of small-town Texas character and measured growth. It functions as a county seat with a historic downtown anchored on the courthouse square, where antique shops and cafes draw local traffic and tourists visiting for dinosaur tracks and Dinosaur Valley State Park. The Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, which began operation in the early 1980s, became the county's largest employer and chief tax base. More recent economic activity includes data center development near the power plant and expansion of residential neighborhoods on the town's fringes. The district passed a bond measure in 2023 for facility improvements and buses without raising the existing property tax rate, an outcome that reflected voter support for modernization while keeping costs stable for families.
Academically, the school's latest state testing results show proficiency in the mid-range. In English Language Arts, roughly six in ten third graders tested at proficient level or above; fourth-grade ELA data came from a very small cohort and is not reliable. In math, slightly more than half of third graders and roughly half of fourth graders met proficiency standards. Fifth-grade results in both subjects and in science came from only a handful of students and cannot be reported. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the school sits in the top quartile among districts in Somervell County on overall proficiency, though the county is small and offers limited comparison context. The school's data shows about half its students approaching proficiency and about three in ten demonstrating mastery-level performance across all subjects tested.
Roughly half the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a moderate share of economically disadvantaged families. The school's student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic enrollment and small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Data on English learners and students receiving special education services were not available.
The school's intermediate grade span means it does not serve the high school years, so graduation outcomes do not apply. The community's housing values have increased modestly in recent years, and the local economy centers on the power plant, health care, retail trade, and farming and ranching. A parent considering this school should think of it as a basic upper-elementary setting in a slow-paced, small-town environment where academic performance sits solidly in the middle range for its county, peer demographics are mixed, and family economics reflect a working and middle-income base. The school is part of a district that recently invested in facility upgrades without raising taxes, a signal of commitment to infrastructure though not a statement about teaching or program depth, which remain opaque from the data provided.
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