Nettie Marshall Early Childhood Center, Nacogdoches TX

Original Research by School Decision on Nettie Marshall Early Childhood Center

Nettie Marshall Early Childhood Center has closed. The school served elementary grades and was located in Nacogdoches, a mid-sized East Texas town anchored by Stephen F. Austin State University and Pilgrim's Pride. The center operated as part of Nacogdoches Independent School District, which currently holds a state accountability rating of D and has faced persistent academic-performance challenges across its campuses.

The only academic data available comes from the 2021-22 school year, the most recent recorded before the center's closure. Testing results showed uneven proficiency across grades. In third-grade math, about three in ten students met proficiency; fourth-grade math performed better at roughly two-thirds proficient; and fifth-grade science showed only about one in five students proficient. In English language arts, the third and fourth grades had very small tested cohorts taking the Spanish-language assessment with results withheld, while fifth-grade reading (Spanish test) showed proficiency at around one in four students. The small sample sizes for Spanish-language testing suggest the school served a population with significant multilingual needs, though comprehensive enrollment and demographic data were not available.

Because Nettie Marshall operated only in early elementary grades, state assessments applied only to grades three through five. No high school completion data existed for this entity type. The data sections do not show free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, detailed student composition, special population rates, or staffing information, so the full profile of the school's student body and resource allocation cannot be drawn here.

The school closed before the 2022-23 school year, so it no longer operates as an option for families in the Nacogdoches area. Parents seeking elementary education in the district now look to other campuses, including Thomas J. Rusk Elementary and Raguet Elementary, both of which remain active in the district.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 6% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 20% · ▲ 44 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 38% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 0% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median

This schoolNACOGDOCHES 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-income33%Higher-income40%7 pp gap