Laneville School, Laneville TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Laneville School

Laneville School is a single-campus, PK through 12 school operated by Laneville ISD in an unincorporated rural crossroads community in south-central Rusk County, about a dozen miles south of Henderson. Every student in the district attends this one building, which makes the school and the community functionally the same thing. The campus sits on a Farm-to-Market road at the edge of agricultural East Texas, and by any measure this is a very small school for its grade span.

The enrollment is small enough that individual grade cohorts number in the single or low double digits. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the area's working-class, blue-collar economic base. The student body is roughly a third white, a third Black, and a third Hispanic, with a small multiracial group. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the provided material.

On the Texas STAAR assessment, the picture is mixed and parents will want to look closely at the grade-level detail. Across all tested subjects, roughly two-thirds of students reach the "approaches grade level" threshold, which is the baseline passing standard. ELA is the stronger subject: fifth and seventh grade reading results are well above average for the school, and social studies approaches-level rates are high. Math is weaker across most tested grades, with several grade cohorts reaching proficiency at low rates, and one fourth-grade cohort showing no students meeting the threshold. Science results are similarly low. At the "masters grade level" tier, which Texas uses to indicate students performing well above grade level, the rate across all subjects is very low, meaning the share of students performing at an advanced level is quite thin. Placed among the eight districts in Rusk County, the school's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint of that comparison set. Because cohorts are very small, a single year's results can swing substantially, and trend data was only available for the most recent school year, so it is not possible to assess whether these scores are improving or stable. A parent interested in trajectory would benefit from asking the school directly.

No AP, dual-credit, or career and technical education program data was provided, and no graduation rate data was available in the dataset. For a school this size serving grades through twelve, those are meaningful gaps; families focused on college preparation or career pathways should ask the district specifically what high school course options exist.

The community itself offers very little outside the school. Laneville has no downtown, no walkable commercial core, and no public transit. Residents rely on private vehicles for everything. The nearest larger town is Henderson to the north. Housing in the area runs well below Texas statewide home values and well below the national median, which means the local housing market is relatively affordable, and recent values have appreciated modestly. Rental data was not available.

One development worth knowing: voters approved a bond in May 2026 for facility improvements, safety upgrades, and infrastructure at the campus. Publicly reported accounts describe this as a meaningful capital investment for a one-campus district of this size. The measure passed narrowly, and some residents publicly questioned aspects of the election process, according to publicly reported accounts from local television stations. The bond will carry a tax impact and is expected to reshape the school's physical environment over the coming years; families weighing a move to the area would do well to ask the district about the timeline and scope of planned construction.

Laneville School is, plainly, the center of this community. For a family already rooted there, or drawn to a deeply rural, low-cost East Texas setting where the school is the social hub, it is what it is: a very small school where every student is known, where math and science outcomes lag and should prompt questions, and where a sizable capital project is about to change the physical campus.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=50%Cohort of 13 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

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 355%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 41 pts below state median

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 610%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 24 pts below state median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 9 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 48%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 41 pts below state median

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 32 pts below state median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Science

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 20 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 13 pts below state median

This schoolLANEVILLE 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-income0%Higher-income20%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income100%Higher-income40%60 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income20%0 pp gap