Walnut Bend El, Gainesville TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Walnut Bend El

Walnut Bend Elementary serves a small rural district covering Gainesville in Cooke County. The school enrolls a modest population of students across pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, with a substantial majority qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller Latino population and very few students from other racial groups.

On Texas state assessments administered most recently, the school shows uneven performance across subjects. English language arts emerges as a relative strength. In grade five, most students met proficiency standards. Grade six students also performed well in reading. Across the lower elementary grades, the results in ELA are more variable, though a meaningful share of third graders demonstrated proficiency. Mathematics performance is considerably weaker. In tested grades, only a small fraction of students met the state's proficiency threshold. Grade five students showed the highest mathematics proficiency, but it remains low overall. Science assessments were administered only in grade five, where proficiency was very low. Social studies testing occurred in grade eight, but the data did not yield a publishable proficiency result.

The school's overall proficiency index positions it below the midpoint when compared to the eight districts in Cooke County. This reflects the gap between its stronger ELA showing and its notably low attainment in mathematics and science. Parents may want to discuss with the school what supports exist for students struggling with math, as that subject represents a significant challenge.

The school is small enough that some grade cohorts tested contain only a few students, which can affect the stability of year-to-year results and makes it harder to draw definitive conclusions from any single testing period. State testing data covers only selected grades, and the school does not yet have a graduation rate, as the eighth grade class has not yet moved into high school.

The district maintains transparent operations and has made a sustained effort to hold property tax rates steady or reduce them over successive years, a factor some families consider when weighing school choice or relocation decisions.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 311%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 29 pts below state median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 24 pts below state median

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 23 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 26 pts above state median

Science

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 15 pts below state median

This schoolWALNUT BEND 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.