Hamshire-fannett Int, Beaumont TX

Original Research by School Decision on Hamshire-fannett Int

Hamshire-Fannett Intermediate serves fourth and fifth graders in Beaumont, a mid-sized Gulf Coast city anchored by petrochemical industry, manufacturing, healthcare, and education. The school draws from a community where about half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly white with a Hispanic minority and smaller populations of Black and Asian students.

In math, the school's results reflect a grade-level pattern. Fourth graders show stronger proficiency, while fifth graders drop notably lower. In language arts, the school's performance is more consistent across grades, with reading solid in both grades but approaching three-fifths proficiency. Science, tested only in fifth grade, is the softest area; less than two-fifths of students reach proficiency. Across all subjects, most students meet the "approaches" level, meaning they are not far from proficiency, but the percentages meeting the highest "master" level remain small, particularly in social studies and math.

Against the other districts in Jefferson County, the school's overall proficiency sits above the midpoint, a meaningful position. That said, the drop from grade four to grade five in math is noticeable and worth monitoring. The science result in particular may warrant a closer look at instructional approach or resource allocation in that subject.

The school is a regular public elementary school of about medium size for its grade band. Beaumont itself is in a strategic growth phase, with city leadership aiming to reverse decades of stagnant population by pursuing new housing, infrastructure, and economic development, though the city faces financial pressure with expenses rising faster than revenue. Housing in the area is broadly affordable relative to national benchmarks, and the major employment base includes the large ExxonMobil refinery, healthcare systems, and Lamar University, which serves as both employer and educational anchor.

No data were available on special education enrollment, English learner population, chronic absenteeism, or graduation rate; the first two gaps reflect the fact that this is an intermediate school in a younger grade band where those measures may not be collected or reported, while the latter two do not apply to a school that does not serve high school students. The district brief contained no recent strategic priorities or operational changes, so limited context on near-term direction was available.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

This schoolHAMSHIRE-FANNETT 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-income57%Higher-income61%4 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income51%Higher-income66%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income57%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income47%7 pp gap