Somerville Int, Somerville TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Somerville Int

Somerville Intermediate serves grades five through seven in a small town in southern Burleson County centered on Lake Somerville. The school is part of Somerville ISD, which recently passed a major capital bond in 2025 to rebuild its high school, convert the current high school into a junior high, construct a new Career and Technology Education center, and upgrade athletic facilities. The bond also eliminates the current need for students to cross public streets during the school day. The district is showing modest enrollment growth, having crossed a meaningful enrollment threshold in recent years as new families move into the area.

The immediate enrollment at Somerville Intermediate is around a midsize group for its grade band, drawn from a town whose population has remained roughly stable for much of the past century, though recent residential investment in the surrounding county suggests some outward expansion. The student body is economically disadvantaged overall, with a strong majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Racially and ethnically, the school reflects a mixed composition: a plurality of White students, a substantial portion identifying as Hispanic, and a meaningful share of Black students, with small numbers of multiracial students and no Asian students or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students on the roster.

Academic performance across subjects shows consistent weakness. In English language arts, the school performed better in grades six and seven, where students at proficiency reached the low-to-mid range, but grade five showed lower results. In math, proficiency rates were low across all three grades, with each grade showing roughly a one-in-five proficient rate. Science results in grade five were particularly low. When summarized across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint relative to other districts in Burleson County. A parent may want to look into what curriculum changes or support strategies the school has in place to address these gaps, particularly in math.

The school is situated in a community defined by Lake Somerville and its state park, which anchor both recreation and civic life in the area. Somerville itself maintains a historic downtown core and a modest commercial base rather than serving as a major employment hub. Educational services, health care, and finance are the dominant employment sectors for local residents. Housing in the area is relatively affordable compared to state and national benchmarks, and the regional economy has ties to the broader Brazos Valley, including Texas A&M University's expanding regional influence.

The district's recent bond investment and planned reconfiguration of campuses signal a deliberate effort to reshape the student experience and create dedicated spaces for career-technical education. Parents considering Somerville Intermediate should weigh both the structural improvements coming to the district and the current academic baseline when assessing fit for their child.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 720%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 7 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Science

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 13 pts below state median

This schoolSOMERVILLE 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 5Lower-income20%Higher-income67%47 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income64%31 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income37%Higher-income54%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income67%40 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income15%Higher-income36%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income18%Higher-income23%5 pp gap