Tom Bean El, Tom Bean TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Tom Bean El

Tom Bean Elementary serves children from prekindergarten through fifth grade in a small, single-school-district rural setting. The school enrolls roughly one-third of the roughly three-hundred students in Tom Bean ISD overall, making it the youngest cohort of a district that spans pre-K through twelfth grade in a town of a few thousand people in southeastern Grayson County, about thirty miles southeast of Sherman.

The school is embedded in its community. Tom Bean is a blue-collar, owner-occupied, close-knit rural town where construction, education, and manufacturing are the dominant work sectors. Families tend to commute to jobs in the Sherman-Denison area or work from home. The elementary school sits along Highway 11 near the middle and high schools, and the town is working to improve pedestrian safety with a planned sidewalk connecting the schools. Civic life centers on a small downtown with the Lucile Teague Library and City Hall, and volunteers are woven into the town's fabric.

The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic students, and just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Enrollment is stable in the low-to-mid range for a small rural elementary school. Specific counts of students receiving special education services or identified as English learners were not available in the data.

Academic results show a school performing below the typical level for its county peers. On the most recent STAAR assessments, students met or mastered proficiency in reading and language arts at a moderate rate, with about four in ten students reaching proficiency in third, fourth, and fifth grades. Math proficiency was lower, with a smaller share of third graders meeting the standard and about four in ten students proficient in grades four and five. Fifth-grade science proficiency was lower still. The school reports that the majority of students approached grade-level standards across subjects, meaning they showed partial understanding, but fewer attained mastery. A parent may want to look into what instructional supports and interventions the school has in place, particularly in math and science, and how the school is measuring progress for students who have not yet met grade-level benchmarks.

Tom Bean Elementary sits within a district positioned for growth. The town has recently completed water and infrastructure projects to support future residential development, with new subdivisions under construction and larger tracts being developed nearby. The district and school are open and embedded in a place that remains rural and family-centered but is beginning to grow.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 26%

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

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

even with state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

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

Science

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 34%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolTOM BEAN 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-income38%Higher-income48%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income38%Higher-income45%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income15%Higher-income61%46 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income15%Higher-income33%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income47%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income47%17 pp gap