Martinsville School, Martinsville TX

Original Research by School Decision on Martinsville School

Martinsville School serves all grades from pre-K through twelve in a single building in eastern Nacogdoches County, making it a true K-12community school in a rural setting. The school has about three hundred students, with a student body that is majority white and a substantial share—about two-thirds—qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the surrounding area.

The school's test results show uneven strength across subjects and grades. In English language arts, the school performs noticeably better in the middle grades, with seventh and eighth graders reaching proficiency at a much higher rate than younger students. Math proficiency is more consistently low across the tested grades, particularly in sixth grade where only a small minority met grade-level standards. Science results are modest overall, and social studies proficiency in eighth grade is notably weak. The pattern suggests the school struggles most in the elementary and middle math foundations and in social studies mastery.

Across all tested subjects combined, the school's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint among the nine districts in Nacogdoches County. A parent looking at these results would see a school working with real academic challenges, particularly in math at the elementary level and in sustaining gains across subjects as students progress. The school is not performing at the level of stronger districts in its county.

The district itself made a concrete operational change in late 2023 when it replaced its entire diesel bus fleet with electric and clean-fuel buses through a federal grant. For a small rural district that buses students across a wide service area, this change affects daily transportation and freed resources the district hopes to direct toward hiring additional teaching staff.

Housing in the Martinsville area is quite affordable relative to both state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below what they run elsewhere. Monthly rental costs are also low. For families with school-age children, the combination of affordable housing and a single neighborhood school serving all grades creates a straightforward, accessible local option, though the academic performance data would warrant direct conversation with school leadership about specific instruction in math and the school's plans to address those gaps.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 30 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 343%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 16 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 573%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 774%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 25 pts above state median

Grade 884%

School 84% · District 84%

▲ 29 pts above state median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 8 pts below state median

This schoolMARTINSVILLE 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 3Lower-income31%Higher-income44%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income63%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income68%Higher-income82%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income75%55 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income83%Higher-income56%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income75%Higher-income100%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income56%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income38%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income36%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income10%Higher-income13%3 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income44%0 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income71%21 pp gap