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Cathelene Thomas Elementary

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Cathelene Thomas Elementary is a public elementary school located in Slaton, Texas, serving grades 1-5 with a student population of 439. The school is part of the Slaton Independent School District, which is ranked 708 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cathelene Thomas Elementary faces significant academic challenges, with its students generally performing below the state average on STAAR tests across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in STAAR Reading was 42.57%, 39.76%, and 39.19% for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades, respectively, compared to the state averages of 48.85%, 50.66%, and 53.96%. The school's overall statewide ranking has consistently placed it in the bottom half of Texas elementary schools, with a 1 or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. While the school's performance is better than the nearby Stephen F. Austin Pri school, it lags behind the higher-performing Harwell Elementary, Bayless Elementary, and Roberts Elementary schools in the Lubbock Independent School District.

Cathelene Thomas Elementary's challenges may be exacerbated by its high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 76.08% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American and Hispanic students generally performing better than their peers at the state level, but still lagging behind the school's White students. English Language Learners and students with special needs have particularly low performance, ranking in the bottom 20% of Texas elementary schools in these categories. Despite the school's higher-than-average spending per student and slightly lower student-teacher ratio, its academic performance has remained relatively stagnant over the past several years, indicating the need for significant improvements to address these persistent challenges.


Detail:

Public 1-5

 615 W Lubbock St
       Slaton, TX  79364-3831

(806) 828-5805

District: Slaton Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3431st of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,043 Help


Students who attend Cathelene Thomas Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Slaton J H
High:    Slaton High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.3 Help
Number of students:  440

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
62.3%
White:
29.1%
African American:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Cathelene Thomas Elementary ranks worse than 73.4% of elementary schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.08. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (62.3%), White (29.1%), African American (6.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 69.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cathelene Thomas Elementary is 14.3. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cathelene Thomas Elementary is $12,043.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cathelene Thomas Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cathelene Thomas Elementary 3431st of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Cathelene Thomas Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Slaton Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Slaton Independent School District (Isd) 708th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cathelene Thomas Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2012 26.38 3595th 4206 14.5%
2013 40.27 2860th 4221 32.2%
2014 43.69 2714th 4260 36.3%
2015 44.85 2611th 4320 39.6%
2016 43.47 2630th 4286 38.6%
2017 23.53 3570th 4329 17.5%
2018 26.31 3434th 4359 21.2%
2019 27.36 3504th 4479 21.8%
2021 35.21 2827th 4578 38.2%
2022 36.47 2978th 4581 35.0%
2023 32.99 3220th 4647 30.7%
2024 30.08 3431st 4675 26.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.32 3219th 3226 0.2%
2019 17.66 3155th 3333 5.3%
2022 26.77 2914th 3487 16.4%
2024 48.81 1712th 3638 52.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.04 2845th 3558 20.0%
2019 30.35 2808th 3684 23.8%
2021 35.23 2389th 3799 37.1%
2022 32.48 2839th 3952 28.2%
2023 34.11 2800th 4086 31.5%
2024 55.97 1500th 4261 64.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.12 3489th 4264 18.2%
2019 26.16 3689th 4309 14.4%
2021 27.39 3568th 4451 19.8%
2022 33.58 3271st 4477 26.9%
2023 30.41 3501st 4521 22.6%
2024 41.61 2761st 4560 39.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.80 3682nd 4306 14.5%
2019 25.08 3622nd 4348 16.7%
2021 31.80 3084th 4499 31.5%
2022 36.13 3033rd 4561 33.5%
2023 33.19 3212th 4588 30.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.82 814th 3106 73.8%
2019 45.12 2216th 3184 30.4%
2021 48.40 1818th 3006 39.5%
2022 51.97 1777th 2958 39.9%
2023 39.90 2257th 2980 24.3%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.90 3375th 4240 20.4%
2019 25.48 3677th 4295 14.4%
2021 16.48 4201st 4331 3.0%
2022 29.24 3558th 4461 20.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.03 3046th 4319 29.5%
2019 31.97 3199th 4357 26.6%
2021 40.92 2503rd 4498 44.4%
2022 36.69 2947th 4563 35.4%
2023 35.25 3065th 4585 33.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.29 2369th 2483 4.6%
2021 40.56 1393rd 2444 43.0%
2022 57.64 848th 2421 65.0%
2023 34.41 1677th 2443 31.4%
2024 40.76 1449th 2421 40.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.32 3683rd 4168 11.6%
2019 23.09 3682nd 4188 12.1%
2021 26.86 3452nd 4329 20.3%
2022 26.87 3587th 4376 18.0%
2023 23.55 3766th 4401 14.4%
2024 35.68 3052nd 4431 31.1%
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Rank History for White students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.12 1938th 3127 38.0%
2019 40.04 2046th 3142 34.9%
2021 34.94 2157th 3082 30.0%
2022 42.23 1934th 3082 37.2%
2023 43.88 1873rd 3106 39.7%
2024 35.69 2164th 3078 29.7%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Cathelene Thomas Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 286 73 1 349 n/a n/a n/a 0 709
1989 263 65 1 324 0 n/a n/a 0 653
1990 265 61 2 308 0 n/a n/a 0 636
1991 248 66 1 320 0 n/a n/a 0 635
1992 241 65 1 296 0 n/a n/a 0 603
1993 223 60 1 293 0 n/a n/a 0 577
1994 205 56 2 297 0 n/a n/a 0 560
1995 165 52 3 276 0 n/a n/a 0 496
1996 165 52 3 276 0 n/a n/a 0 496
1997 174 50 1 306 0 n/a n/a 0 531
1998 156 46 1 310 0 n/a n/a 0 513
1999 166 42 0 310 0 n/a n/a 0 518
2000 178 46 0 310 0 n/a n/a 0 534
2001 152 52 0 294 0 n/a n/a 0 498
2002 131 38 0 302 0 n/a n/a 0 471
2003 131 38 0 302 0 n/a n/a 0 471
2004 130 42 0 341 0 n/a n/a 0 513
2005 106 31 0 361 0 n/a n/a 0 498
2006 126 29 0 366 0 n/a n/a 0 521
2007 134 30 0 315 1 n/a n/a 0 480
2008 140 40 1 314 1 n/a n/a 0 496
2009 154 41 1 319 0 n/a n/a 0 515
2010 145 41 1 326 0 n/a n/a 0 513
2011 113 25 1 346 0 0 11 0 496
2012 117 23 1 361 0 0 11 0 513
2013 116 20 1 333 1 0 14 0 485
2014 125 22 1 342 2 0 10 0 502
2015 118 23 1 340 0 0 6 0 488
2016 120 17 0 326 0 0 7 0 470
2017 123 20 0 308 0 0 6 0 457
2018 134 19 2 301 0 0 6 0 462
2019 135 26 1 296 0 0 3 0 461
2020 148 22 1 298 0 0 5 0 474
2021 142 24 1 266 0 0 10 0 443
2022 137 22 2 282 0 0 12 0 455
2023 134 29 2 263 0 0 11 0 439
2024 128 27 2 274 0 0 9 0 440

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cathelene Thomas Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 709 43.0 16.4 n/a
1989 653 n/a n/a n/a
1990 636 43.0 14.7 n/a
1991 635 42.5 14.9 n/a
1992 603 42.0 14.3 57.5
1993 577 43.0 13.4 71.6
1994 560 42.0 13.3 68.8
1995 496 40.4 12.3 70.2
1996 496 40.4 12.3 70.2
1997 531 38.0 14.0 65.2
1998 513 40.0 12.8 68.6
1999 518 41.2 12.6 79.5
2000 534 42.6 12.5 77.2
2001 498 37.0 13.5 73.1
2002 471 33.2 14.2 79.4
2003 471 33.2 14.2 79.4
2004 513 33.8 15.2 74.9
2005 498 34.5 14.4 77.9
2006 521 34.9 14.9 75.4
2007 480 34.4 14.0 78.5
2008 496 32.0 15.5 79.4
2009 515 33.7 15.3 76.5
2010 513 33.7 15.2 84.2
2011 496 34.0 14.5 78.6
2012 513 34.5 14.8 81.9
2013 485 37.0 13.1 81
2014 502 38.0 13.2 77.9
2015 488 36.0 13.5 80.1
2016 470 35.0 13.4 79.8
2017 457 33.3 13.7 77.9
2018 462 32.7 14.1 85.3
2019 461 32.0 14.4 82.2
2020 474 34.0 13.9 75.5
2021 443 33.9 13.0 72.7
2022 455 35.8 12.6 75.8
2023 439 35.0 12.5 76.1
2024 440 30.6 14.3 69.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cathelene Thomas Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 709 43.0 16.4 n/a
1989 653 n/a n/a n/a
1990 636 43.0 14.7 n/a
1991 635 42.5 14.9 n/a
1992 603 42.0 14.3 57.5
1993 577 43.0 13.4 71.6
1994 560 42.0 13.3 68.8
1995 496 40.4 12.3 70.2
1996 496 40.4 12.3 70.2
1997 531 38.0 14.0 65.2
1998 513 40.0 12.8 68.6
1999 518 41.2 12.6 79.5
2000 534 42.6 12.5 77.2
2001 498 37.0 13.5 73.1
2002 471 33.2 14.2 79.4
2003 471 33.2 14.2 79.4
2004 513 33.8 15.2 74.9
2005 498 34.5 14.4 77.9
2006 521 34.9 14.9 75.4
2007 480 34.4 14.0 78.5
2008 496 32.0 15.5 79.4
2009 515 33.7 15.3 76.5
2010 513 33.7 15.2 84.2
2011 496 34.0 14.5 78.6
2012 513 34.5 14.8 81.9
2013 485 37.0 13.1 81
2014 502 38.0 13.2 77.9
2015 488 36.0 13.5 80.1
2016 470 35.0 13.4 79.8
2017 457 33.3 13.7 77.9
2018 462 32.7 14.1 85.3
2019 461 32.0 14.4 82.2
2020 474 34.0 13.9 75.5
2021 443 33.9 13.0 72.7
2022 455 35.8 12.6 75.8
2023 439 35.0 12.5 76.1
2024 440 30.6 14.3 69.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cathelene Thomas Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,034 (8.9%) $10,609 (91.1%) $11,643
2020 $1,238 (11.0%) $10,045 (89.0%) $11,283
2021 $1,179 (9.8%) $10,864 (90.2%) $12,043

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cathelene Thomas Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 3504th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3220th of 4647 Elementary schools
 8.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Cathelene Thomas Elementary)3439
 5%
   3rd Grade Reading (Slaton Independent School District (Isd))3439
 5%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Cathelene Thomas Elementary)3426
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Slaton Independent School District (Isd))3426
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Cathelene Thomas Elementary)3146
 15%
   4th Grade Reading (Slaton Independent School District (Isd))3146
 15%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Cathelene Thomas Elementary)2626
   4th Grade Mathematics (Slaton Independent School District (Isd))2626
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Cathelene Thomas Elementary)3747
 10%
   5th Grade Reading (Slaton Independent School District (Isd))3747
 10%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Cathelene Thomas Elementary)6144
 17%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Slaton Independent School District (Isd))6144
 17%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Cathelene Thomas Elementary)3125
 6%
   5th Grade Science (Slaton Independent School District (Isd))3125
 6%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students461439
 4.8%
African American2629
 11.5%
American Indian00
Asian12
 100%
Hispanic296263
 11.1%
Pacific Islander00
White135134
 0.7%
Two or More Races311
 266.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients82.2%76.1%
 6.1%

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In the 2023-24 school year, 440 students attended Cathelene Thomas Elementary.

Students who attend Cathelene Thomas Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Slaton J H
High : Slaton High School

Students at Cathelene Thomas Elementary are 62% Hispanic, 29% White, 6% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Cathelene Thomas Elementary ranks 3431st of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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