Sarita El, Sarita TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Sarita El

Sarita Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in a tiny rural settlement of Kenedy County, a region defined by large ranches, agriculture, and wind energy rather than population growth. The school's enrollment is small across all grades, with roughly a handful of students in most tested grades and a larger pre-kindergarten cohort. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a secondary presence of white students and smaller numbers of Black and multiracial students. Specific counts of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and English learner enrollment were not available in the data, so a parent may want to contact the school directly about those populations if they are relevant.

The school's academic performance shows uneven terrain across subjects and grade levels. In English language arts, results are notably strong in grades three and five, with proficiency in the higher grades and nearly universal mastery in grade five. Grades four and six show solid performance, though with lower proficiency. Mathematics tells a different story: third and fourth graders show proficiency near half, fifth grade sits at about half, and sixth grade drops sharply to a single-digit proficiency rate. Science results, available only for fifth grade, show universal proficiency. When viewed across all tested content, the school shows a majority approaching grade-level standards, about two-thirds meeting them, and roughly one-third demonstrating mastery.

The pattern suggests relative strength in literacy and science, while mathematics appears to be a pressure point, particularly as students advance into the sixth grade. The sharp decline in math proficiency at the sixth-grade level warrants attention. State participation and chronic absenteeism data were not available, so understanding whether these figures reflect a small cohort, an attendance issue, or other factors would be worth clarifying with the school. No trend data across multiple years was available, so this snapshot stands alone.

The school is the only campus in Kenedy County Wide Common School District, situated in the civic core of Sarita at East La Parra Street near the county courthouse. After sixth grade, students transition to secondary schools operated by Riviera Independent School District. The district held a bond election in November 2022, the outcome and scope of which were not publicly confirmed, though the district's website references that measure. Sarita itself is a settlement of fewer than a thousand residents, oriented around ranching heritage and recent wind energy development; there is no walkable downtown, and daily life is shaped more by institutional and residential needs than by commerce. For families considering this school, the primary questions involve the school's capacity to address the mathematics attainment gap and whether the small-school, rural-community setting matches their needs.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 69%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 25 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 37 pts above state median

Grade 478%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 100%

▲ 46 pts above state median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Science

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 100%

▲ 77 pts above state median

This schoolKENEDY COUNTY WIDE CSD, 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 3Lower-income83%Higher-income83%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income60%27 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income67%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income0%Higher-income20%20 pp gap