Ranger El, Ranger TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ranger El

Ranger Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in a small rural school in Ranger, Texas, a town of roughly a few hundred people located off Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. The school sits on the eastern edge of town and enrolls a small number of students, predominantly white, with a substantial share from Hispanic backgrounds. Most students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic context of this rural community where housing values and median family incomes sit below state averages.

The school's recent test results show academic performance well below state norms across all tested subjects. In mathematics, proficiency rates decline as students advance: third grade shows the highest attainment, while fourth and fifth grades show much lower results. Reading results follow a similar pattern, with third grade performing better than upper grades. Science testing at fifth grade also shows low proficiency. When viewed across all subjects and grade levels, the overall proficiency index is at the bottom of the performance range relative to other districts in Eastland County. A parent may want to ask the school directly about its literacy and math support programs, what classroom instruction looks like, and whether targeted interventions are in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards.

Ranger ISD operates on a four-day school week, an important operational fact that shapes family scheduling and childcare needs. The district has implemented a no-phones-at-school policy to increase peer interaction and reduce classroom distractions. The district as a whole received a "D" accountability rating for 2024-2025 from the Texas Education Agency, one of the first ratings released after a multi-year assessment gap, and the district's four-year graduation rate sits well below the state average. These district-level outcomes provide context for what families can expect academically.

The school provides two meals per day, district-supplied materials for elementary students, and Chromebooks, along with transportation. No data was available on class size, teacher qualifications, special education enrollment, or the specific curriculum and instructional approaches the school employs. The community itself is stable but economically modest, with a longtime oil-history and agricultural base, and the town is pursuing modest revitalization efforts. For families in the Ranger area, this school is the local public elementary option, and the question is less whether to attend than what academic support systems exist within it and how the family can partner with the school to help their child progress.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 22 pts below state median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 25 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 414%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 35 pts below state median

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 26 pts below state median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolRANGER 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-income71%38 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income6%Higher-income40%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income11%Higher-income50%39 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income17%Higher-income71%54 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income6%Higher-income60%54 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income11%Higher-income25%14 pp gap