The top reported proficiency rate is 51% in English language arts. The lowest is 31% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Raguet El
Raguet Elementary is a public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Nacogdoches, a small historic town in East Texas anchored by Stephen F. Austin State University and home to major employers in poultry processing and healthcare. The school enrolls a student body drawn from the broader town, and its campus sits on Raguet Street on the city's west side.
The enrollment is small for its grade span, with roughly a few hundred students spread across six grades. A substantial majority of Raguet's families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the community. The student body is racially and ethnically mixed, with roughly equal shares of White and Black students, along with meaningful populations of Hispanic students and smaller numbers of Asian students and those identifying as multiracial. The school does not report data on the number of English learners or students with IEPs, so parents seeking detail on those populations should reach out directly to the school.
Academic performance at Raguet is below where the state benchmarks place proficiency. On the most recent state tests, in math, less than two in five students across grades three, four, and five scored at proficient or higher levels, with fifth-graders performing slightly better than younger cohorts. In reading and language arts, performance is notably stronger: roughly half of fifth-grade students tested proficient, while fourth-graders performed above that mark and third-graders closer to half. Science results from fifth grade show about one in three students at proficiency. When the school's overall test results are weighed across all tested grades and subjects, Raguet sits in the bottom quartile among the nine districts in Nacogdoches County, a positioning that reflects the depth of the achievement gap at this site.
The broader district context shapes what families should know about this school. Nacogdoches ISD holds a D accountability rating from the state, a rating the district carried into both 2024 and 2025. Raguet itself earned a C on the most recent campus rating, placing it below two other elementary schools in the district (Thomas J. Rusk and Margie Chumbley Academy for Success, both rated B) but above or in line with the high school. This suggests Raguet is neither the district's strongest nor its weakest elementary performer, though it does sit in the lower half.
The district is financing a substantial bond taken on several years ago for facility renovation and replacement, most visibly the rebuild of Carpenter Elementary. That bond was paired with a district property tax rate that remains at the maximum promised in the election. The district has since lowered its overall operating tax rate and has restructured its debt to manage long-term interest costs, which are material considerations for homebuyers in the area who inherit these tax commitments.
Nacogdoches itself is a town in steady evolution. The historic downtown, walkable and centered around Main Street and a central plaza, sits close to the university campus, and both anchor civic and economic life. Growth is occurring in commercial corridors along Highway 59 and other approaches, and the city government has recently established an economic development corporation to encourage new employment. Housing costs remain well below state and national medians, making Nacogdoches affordable relative to other Texas communities, though home prices have been rising gradually.
Parents choosing Raguet should understand that the school is serving a student population with substantial economic needs and that state test results indicate many students are not yet meeting grade-level proficiency benchmarks. The gap is widest in math and science. Reading and language arts show more students meeting standards, but still with room for growth across the grade band. A parent would want to discuss with the school directly what academic interventions or supports exist, what the school's specific improvement plans are in weak areas, and how the school tracks student progress through the year. Since this is an elementary school, there is also no graduation rate or long-term outcomes data to consider; the question is what foundation the school lays for students moving ahead.
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