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Enrollment
746
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOOSE CREEK CISD·NCES 482115002105
Alamo Elementary School
6100 N MAIN, BAYTOWN, TX 77521 · (281) 420-4595 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
563 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 38.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alamo Elementary School
Alamo Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Elementary School this school | 746 | 75.5% | 43.9% |
| Trinity Basin Preparatory - Mesquite MESQUITE | 800 | 75.6% | 35.6% |
| IDEA Judson Academy SAN ANTONIO | 701 | 73.6% | 57.0% |
| Deer Creek Elementary School CROWLEY | 647 | 75.7% | 37.1% |
| Travis Elementary School BAYTOWN | 709 | 77.9% | 32.7% |
| Banuelos Elementary School BAYTOWN | 769 | 72.7% | 38.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alamo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,093 of 4,401 | #270 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,106 of 4,466 ▼ 391 | #451 of 625 ▼ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,046 of 4,466 ▲ 312 | #263 of 625 ▲ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.0pp | #215 of 3,998 | #22 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #650 of 4,938 | #182 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,863 of 4,622 | #379 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,970 of 4,628 | #258 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #2,248 of 4,789 | #450 of 671 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
746
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+178% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 746 | 48.3 | 15.5:1 | 75% (563) |
| 2023-24 | 760 | 49.9 | 15.2:1 | 76% (575) |
| 2022-23 | 788 | 50.8 | 15.5:1 | 79% (623) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 69% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 746 | 47.9 | 15.6:1 | 72% (539) |
| 2015-16 | 806 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 71% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 75% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 235 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 49% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 17 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alamo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (746 to 746); teachers up 1% (47.9 to 48.3).
About Alamo Elementary School
Alamo Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in BAYTOWN, Texas. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 746 students. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Alamo Elementary School is part of GOOSE CREEK CISD, where 34 schools serve 24,032 students.
The largest group at Alamo Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 63%. Enrollment also includes 20% Black, 12% White, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The diversity index for Alamo Elementary School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 15.5:1 is based on 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 75%.
Alamo Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Texas public elementary schools.
Alamo Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.9%, compared with a predicted 41.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household earns about $74,983 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Harris County, 1,205 public schools serve about 886,911 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Gccisd Virtual Academy, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Alamo Elementary School places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Alamo Elementary School's location as City: Small.
A 3% rise took enrollment from 727 in 2020-21 to 746 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.5:1.
The allk12 page for Alamo Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GOOSE CREEK CISD
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Highlands Junior High SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in BAYTOWN
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Cedar Bayou Junior High SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other Alamo Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Alamo Elementary. Alamo Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Alamo ElementaryVacaville, CA · 714 students
- Alamo ElementaryAlamo, TN · 600 students
- Alamo ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 390 students
- Alamo ElementaryAlamo, CA · 348 students
- Alamo Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Gccisd Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 79
- Gentry Junior High School1.2 mi · 1,013
- Sheila Liles Early Learning Academy1.3 mi · 334
- Crockett Elementary School1.4 mi · 545
- Sterling High School1.6 mi · 2,150
- High Point School1.7 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Alamo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Alamo Elementary School?
Alamo Elementary School enrolls approximately 746 students in grades KG-05.
Is Alamo Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alamo Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Alamo Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Alamo Elementary School.
How diverse is Alamo Elementary School?
Alamo Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 63% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Alamo Elementary School in?
Alamo Elementary School is part of GOOSE CREEK CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.