The top reported proficiency rate is 35% in Math. The lowest is 4% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on John C Webb El
John C Webb Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Navasota, a small town about twenty to thirty miles south of Bryan-College Station, in Grimes County. The school sits within a growing suburban context where residential and commercial development are expanding, though the town retains its historic downtown character and identity as the state-designated Blues Capital of Texas.
The school draws from a student body that is predominantly Latino, with a substantial Black student population and smaller shares of white students and other groups. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economic conditions in the area. The school is small to mid-sized for its grade band, with just over six hundred students spread across seven grades from pre-K through fifth.
On state assessments, John C Webb's academic performance sits in the lower range. In math, third graders showed proficiency rates below midpoint among the county's districts; fourth graders performed at roughly the midpoint; and fifth graders taking a Spanish-language assessment showed very low proficiency. In English language arts, third graders achieved proficiency rates below the county midpoint, while fourth graders took a Spanish assessment with too few tested students to report results, and fifth graders landed below the county midpoint. Science testing appears only at fifth grade; performance there was substantially below the county range.
Looking across all subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile of Grimes County districts. Across all tested content, about half of students reached the "approaches grade level" standard, roughly one-third achieved "meets," and about one in ten reached "masters." A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly to understand what instructional support and intervention systems are in place for students not yet meeting grade-level expectations, and what professional development teachers are receiving.
The school's testing results do reflect that a substantial portion of the student body comes from households with limited income and that Spanish-language learners are present in the enrollment. These factors often correlate with lower performance on standardized measures, but they do not determine outcomes. What matters now is what Webb and the district are doing in response to these results to strengthen reading, math, and science instruction.
Housing in the Navasota area is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks, and the town is actively growing. For families considering enrollment, the school offers a full elementary span under one roof in a town with expanding residential development, a public library downtown, and a mix of local civic and cultural life. The broader economic outlook for Navasota includes new manufacturing facilities and commercial expansion, which may affect the school's enrollment and community context in coming years.
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