Schools · Texarkana
Texarkana, TX schools
Kids attend one of 7 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 5 elementary schools, Texas Middle or Pleasant Grove Middle and Texas H S or Pleasant Grove H S or Liberty-Eylau H S.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Texarkana’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Texarkana’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresC-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 54%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (608)Better than 59%
High confidence. Built on 5,607 tested students and a graduating class of 427; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Texarkana kids go to school
Grades PK–5
7 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Pleasant Grove Independent School DistrictGrades 5
5 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Texarkana Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
BTexas Middle or APleasant Grove Middle
Depends on your address Texarkana Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
B+Texas H S or APleasant Grove H S or CLiberty-Eylau H S
Depends on your address Texarkana Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades 5–12, Texarkana Independent)36%
State average 36.5%
Math (grades PK–5, Pleasant Grove Independent)63%
State average 36.5%
Math (Liberty-Eylau Independent)19%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
92% graduate on time
Graduation rate
92%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
427
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve Texarkana
Texarkana Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 7,269 students
$13,608 per studentTX $12,815B-Pleasant Grove Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 2,366 students
$11,462 per studentTX $12,815ALiberty-Eylau Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,937 students
$13,367 per studentTX $12,815C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Texarkana is home to 2 colleges
Texarkana CollegeCommunity college · Public · Texarkana3,113on campusTexas A&M University-TexarkanaUniversity or college · Public · Texarkana1,381on campus
All 2 colleges in Texarkana →Every school
All 20 schools in Texarkana
Showing 1–20 of 20 schools
Margaret Fischer Davis ElElementary · Grades PK–2 · 494 students
PublicHighland Park ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 427 students
C-PublicMartha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 351 students
A+PublicWaggoner Creek ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 337 students
A-PublicSpring Lake Park ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 334 students
CPublicTheron Jones Early Literacy CenterElementary · Grades K–2 · 329 students
PublicWestlawn ElElementary · Grades 3–5 · 317 students
DPublicLiberty-Eylau Early Childhood CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 269 students
PublicSt. James Day SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 144 students
PrivateFirst Baptist Church Weekday Preschool and KinderElementary · Grades PK–K · 82 students
PrivateTexas MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,421 students
BPublicPleasant Grove MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 537 students
APublicTexas H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,750 students
B+PublicPleasant Grove H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 821 students
APublicLiberty-Eylau H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 543 students
CPublicDigital Academy of TexasHigh · Grades 5–12 · 471 students
C-PublicPremier H S of TexarkanaHigh · Grades 9–12 · 88 students
DCharterOptions Early Graduation H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 61 students
D-PublicPaul Laurence Dunbar Early Education CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 265 students
PublicParks ElGrades M
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.