The top reported proficiency rate is 61% in Science. The lowest is 48% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Normangee El
Normangee Elementary serves a small rural community in Leon County where agriculture has been the historical foundation and where working families commute to nearby cities. The school enrolls a modest number of students in prekindergarten through fifth grade, drawn from a town that has seen slow but recent population growth. About a quarter of students are Hispanic, just under two-thirds are white, a small multiracial cohort is present, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating modest household incomes across the student body.
Testing data for this school comes from the most recent year and shows a mixed academic profile. In English language arts, fifth graders show stronger proficiency, while third graders are performing below the midpoint. Fifth-grade science proficiency sits at a moderate level. Math proficiency is distributed across the grades, with third grade at lower performance and fifth grade somewhat higher. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to other districts in Leon County, a positioning that reflects the school's standing among its peer districts in the county.
Reading across subjects, the data reveals that students at the "meets" level (a score that demonstrates grade-level knowledge) represent about half in math and English language arts. When the "approaches" threshold is included (students who are close to grade level), the school reaches into the upper ranges, particularly in social studies, where most students meet or exceed that floor. Conversely, the proportion reaching "mastery" remains modest, typically in the low-to-moderate range. This pattern suggests the student body is concentrated in the middle and lower-middle of the performance distribution.
The school building itself is situated on a consolidated district campus slightly off the town's Main Street civic core, sharing a single location with the district's middle and high schools. In 2022, voters approved a bond measure that funded additions and renovations to the entire campus, completed in 2023. Those improvements addressed facility and safety priorities and represent the district's effort to sustain its infrastructure. The school serves mixed reasons for attendance: some families are long rooted in the community, while others are residential commuters working in Huntsville, Madisonville, or the Bryan-College Station area.
A parent evaluating this school might want to look into the specific support systems and instructional approaches the school employs for students in lower-performing grades, particularly third grade, and how the staff addresses the range of proficiency from the "approaches" threshold up through mastery. The school's county-level standing suggests it is performing competitively within its region, though the grade-by-grade variation and modest mastery rates indicate that additional academic support for advancing students to higher proficiency may be a consideration for families seeking strong performance in core subjects.
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