The top reported proficiency rate is 39% in Math. The lowest is 37% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Huntington El
Huntington Elementary serves prekindergarten through third grade in the small rural town of Huntington in Angelina County. The school enrolls a small cohort of students with a family composition that reflects the broader community: a substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly white, with smaller populations of Hispanic and Black students. Huntington is a low-density, car-dependent rural place where residents work in health care, retail, forestry, and agriculture; many commute about ten miles to Lufkin for jobs and hospital care. Housing in the area is older and modest, with relatively affordable values, and the community is growing slowly but steadily around that modest rate, drawn by access to Lake Sam Rayburn recreation and lower cost of entry compared to regional alternatives.
The school's academic performance, based on state testing of third-grade students, shows that proficiency in English language arts and math is below the midpoint relative to districts in Angelina County. In third grade, the proficiency rate in math sits at just under two in five students, with an average scale score that reflects substantial gaps. English language arts performance is slightly lower, with proficiency near that same mark. On the broader Texas assessment scale, which measures students across "Approaches," "Meets," and "Masters" levels, the school's aggregate proficiency sits just below the midpoint among county districts. The data comes from a single year of testing, so trend information is not yet available; parents interested in whether these results represent a stable condition or a point in time may want to look into this further with the school.
The school does not report free-or-reduced-price-lunch breakdowns by ethnicity, special education participation rates, or English learner identification rates, so a fuller picture of where achievement gaps may lie is not available from the data here. State assessment participation rates are also not shown, though test counts suggest near-universal participation among eligible third-graders.
The broader Huntington ISD context is one of strength. The district earned an "A" accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency for the 2024-2025 school year, with the high school also rated "A" and the intermediate school rated "B." The district reported a high four-year graduation rate that exceeds the statewide average, and for the first time ever earned a perfect financial integrity score from the state, a signal that local tax dollars are managed with sound fiscal discipline. That district-level stability and leadership posture provide a frame for understanding the elementary school's work within a system oriented toward improvement.
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