The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Math. The lowest is 37% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Ingram El
Ingram Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in a small rural Texas school district perched in the Hill Country west of Kerrville. The school enrolls a student body that is roughly evenly split between White and Hispanic students, with a substantial share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the modest household incomes of the area. The school is small for its grade band, sitting within a three-school district that serves the town and surrounding communities.
On state assessments, Ingram Elementary shows mixed results across subjects and grades. In math, students perform better: the grade-four cohort reaches proficiency at close to the highest observed rate, while third and fifth graders fall somewhat lower. Reading and language arts is weaker. Fifth-grade reading proficiency sits below where fourth-grade math does, and Spanish-language ELA results are too thin to report. Science proficiency in fifth grade is notably low. Across the school, stronger proportions of students at least approach proficiency in reading and math than truly master the material; this is most pronounced in social studies, where only a small share of students meet or exceed the proficiency standard. In the context of districts serving Kerr County, Ingram Elementary's overall proficiency profile places it in the top quartile—a meaningful strength among its regional peers, even if absolute achievement levels in some areas leave room for growth.
The town itself sits in a landscape still recovering from the catastrophic July 2025 Guadalupe River flood that killed dozens across the Hill Country and ravaged neighborhoods directly in Ingram, including the Bumble Bee Hills area. By early 2026, the river was back within banks, businesses and schools had reopened, but many homes remained under renovation and empty lots marked where riverfront homes once stood. The area is modestly growing off a small population base, with new residential subdivisions such as Greenwood Forest adding families, though many choose to locate outside city limits to avoid city taxes and HOA fees. Most of the local employment base is small; the school district itself is one of the largest institutional employers. The dominant industries historically have been ranching and hunting, with resort and tourism activity centered on the Guadalupe River. A Hill Country nonprofit has pledged resources toward home rebuilding and economic recovery.
Housing in the immediate area is valued slightly above the state benchmark for Texas. The affordability context is tight: mortgage costs run substantially higher than rents, and the cost of home ownership relative to household income sits above the national benchmark, meaning families take on higher housing burdens to own locally than they would elsewhere.
The district has pursued two parent-relevant policy shifts in recent years. Voters approved a 2022 general obligation bond funding facility expansions, new classrooms to accommodate enrollment growth, an expanded gym and cafeteria, controlled-entry security vestibules at the middle and high school, and new security fencing. This is repaid through the district tax rate over time. More immediately material for family budgets, the district cut its property tax rate below one dollar per one hundred dollars of valuation for the first time in years with the 2023-24 budget, marking one of the largest one-time decreases in a decade, and lowered it again slightly for 2024-25. This makes Ingram ISD's tax burden notably lower than in prior years, a substantial consideration for families comparing housing costs across the Hill Country.
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