Kelton Isd, Wheeler TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Kelton Isd

Kelton ISD is a small, PreK-12 unified school serving a consolidated student body in Wheeler County, a remote farming, ranching, and petroleum district in the Texas Panhandle. The school sits on the edge of Wheeler itself, a county seat with a stable population and a working-economy mix of agriculture, feedlots, and oil-and-gas activity.

The enrollment is small, with roughly equal representation across grade bands, though the upper grades lean slightly larger. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the area's modest income base. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller Hispanic, Black, and Asian populations and a handful of students identifying as multiracial. The school does not report separate counts for students with IEPs or English learners, so those details are not available from the data provided.

On state testing, Kelton's results show uneven performance. In math across grades three through eight, roughly half of students scored at proficiency or above in the middle and upper elementary grades (five, six, seven, eight), but third grade showed no proficiency and fourth grade proficiency was lower. In English Language Arts, grade three and part of grade five showed weak proficiency, though grade six climbed to more than half proficient and grade eight reached near two-thirds proficiency. Science results were stronger at grade eight but weaker at grade five. Social studies in grade eight was notably low. The school does not report overall graduation rate data, so a reader may want to follow up with the district on high school completion. State testing data from earlier years was not available, so trends cannot be tracked.

The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among the four districts in Wheeler County. The data shows that particular subjects and grades need attention, while others show solid grounding.

Wheeler is a small Panhandle town anchored by its courthouse, with a compact walkable downtown core along Oklahoma Avenue and Alan L. Bean Boulevard that includes shops, restaurants, a pharmacy, and a grocery. The median home value is relatively modest, and the housing market is stable rather than appreciating rapidly. The area functions as a regional hub for agribusiness and oil-and-gas work, with most jobs in food service, management, construction, and agriculture. The library, aquatics center, and Tom Britt Memorial Park provide community gathering spaces and recreational outlets. Transportation is car-dependent; the town has no fixed public transit.

Kelton ISD is the anchor employer for the area, alongside health care and hospitality. The school operates a single campus serving the entire PreK-12 span, typical of rural unified districts. A parent considering this school should understand that it is a small rural setting with modest academic performance that varies by subject and grade level, a student body of mixed backgrounds in a working-class community, and limited extracurricular density compared to larger districts, balanced against the benefits of small-school cohesion and individual attention.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

Not publicly reportedCohort of 3 students · Class of 2021

The federal source does not publish a graduation rate for cohorts this small. The cohort size is shown for context.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,779 schools plotted. 59 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 40 pts below state median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 750%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 8 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 46 pts below state median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 27 pts below state median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 36%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 22 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 3 pts below state median

This schoolKELTON 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 6Lower-income67%Higher-income50%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income60%Higher-income75%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income50%0 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income40%Higher-income60%20 pp gap