Roanoke El, Roanoke TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Roanoke El

Roanoke Elementary serves about seven hundred students in prekindergarten through fifth grade as part of Northwest ISD, a rapidly growing district spanning three counties across the Dallas-Fort Worth region. The school sits in a small North Texas city that has grown substantially in recent years, with a recent housing stock and a small-town dining-oriented identity alongside proximity to regional employment centers.

The student body is mixed in composition. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment breaks roughly into white students, Hispanic students, and Asian students as the three largest groups, with smaller numbers of Black, multiracial, and American Indian students. Limited data on English learner populations was available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about language support services and how many students are learning English.

On state assessments, the school shows uneven results across subjects and grades. In third-grade math and fourth-grade English language arts, proficiency rates sit in the mid-range, around half of tested students meeting or exceeding the standard. Fourth-grade ELA performs better at about sixty percent proficiency. Fourth-grade math trails somewhat lower at about fifty-four percent. Upper elementary math results are thin and weak: only a handful of fifth-graders took the Spanish-language version, with proficiency rates well below the majority-English cohorts. Science testing in fifth grade shows a particularly low result. Across all subjects aggregated, about eighty percent of students approached the standard, but only about a quarter to a third met the higher "masters" threshold. ELA shows the strongest profile, with roughly two-thirds of students meeting or exceeding the standard.

Against other districts in Denton County, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint, suggesting room for growth relative to peers in the county. State testing data spans only the current school year, so trend information is not available.

The school operates within a district navigating significant strain. Northwest ISD is one of the fastest-growing in Texas, with enrollment rising steeply. A November 2024 failed tax election forced the district to raise class sizes and cut teaching positions and programs for the 2025-2026 year. While a November 2025 voter-approved tax increase will allow some restoration of staffing and reduction of class sizes, the district recently implemented the changes, so families are working through an environment of larger classes and fewer academic support offerings like AVID and Reading Recovery. For 2025-2026, grades two through four moved to twenty-four students per class, up from twenty-two. These operational realities shape daily classroom experience.

The broader context is growth. Roanoke's population has grown sharply in recent years, and much of its housing is new. The city's housing market reflects this expansion, with home values and rents elevated relative to national benchmarks and affordability tighter for new buyers. The district is executing a large bond program approved in 2023 to add twelve new schools through the late 2020s, including a fourth high school coming in 2027, a direct response to capacity pressure. Families choosing a school here are part of a community in active buildout.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 0% · ▲ 57 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 48% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 50% · ▼ 36 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 58% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 35% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 26% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Science

Grade 59%

School 9% · District 31% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

This schoolNORTHWEST 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 4Lower-income37%Higher-income50%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income62%Higher-income50%12 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income62%27 pp gap