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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771000059
Anderson Academy
7401 WHEATLEY ST, HOUSTON, TX 77088 · (281) 878-0370 · Harris County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
501 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 145 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 23% |
This year's 1st grade class (145) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (133).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Anderson Academy→Houston Academy
Based on grade levels within ALDINE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 26.0% | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Anderson Academy
Anderson Academy's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Academy this school | 568 | 88.2% | 34.7% |
| Hoyland Elementary School HOUSTON | 617 | 92.1% | 32.1% |
| Ogden Elementary School HOUSTON | 584 | 84.6% | 20.6% |
| Meadowcreek Elementary School FORT WORTH | 480 | 89.4% | 34.5% |
| Bob Hope School Beaumont BEAUMONT | 536 | 86.6% | 33.1% |
| Port Acres Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 507 | 85.6% | 22.1% |
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 Anderson Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #3,191 of 4,401 | #454 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,508 of 4,466 ▲ 113 | #524 of 625 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,967 of 4,466 ▼ 410 | #568 of 625 ▼ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #622 of 3,998 | #78 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #1,873 of 4,938 | #387 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,152 of 4,622 | #169 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #1,998 of 4,628 | #260 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #1,262 of 4,789 | #304 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #752 of 1,307 | #70 of 148 |
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
568
-209 (-27%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 568 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 88% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 44.9 | 14.0:1 | 93% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 37.3 | 18.1:1 | 94% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 93% (719) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 38.1 | 13.5:1 | 89% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 83% (576) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 76% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 70% (445) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 28 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (516 to 568); teachers up 10% (38.1 to 42).
About Anderson Academy
Federal records list Anderson Academy as an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school counted 568 students in 2024-25, covering grades 1 through 4.
The district, ALDINE ISD, has 56,419 students enrolled across 76 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Anderson Academy is Black: 54%. Other groups make up 41% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Anderson Academy scores 54%.
For every teacher at Anderson Academy, there are about 13.5 students; the school has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is higher.
Anderson Academy is 1.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.7% versus 36.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Harris County, home to about 4,838,303 people, median household income comes to about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Anderson Academy among them.
Anderson Academy's closest public school neighbor is Drew Academy, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Anderson Academy ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.7% against a local average of 32.6%.
Locale data from NCES put Anderson Academy inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 777 (2020-21) to 568 (2024-25).
On allk12, people connected to Anderson Academy can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Drew Academy0.7 mi · 363
- Wesley Elementary School0.8 mi · 291
- Carver H S for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts0.9 mi · 708
- Reece Academy0.9 mi · 402
- Osborne Elementary School1.0 mi · 269
- Williams Middle School1.1 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson AcademyHow many students attend Anderson Academy?
Anderson Academy enrolls approximately 568 students in grades 01-04.
Is Anderson Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Anderson Academy is an elementary school covering grades 01-04.
How many teachers does Anderson Academy have?
Anderson Academy employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Anderson Academy?
Anderson Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 41% Hispanic, 54% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Anderson Academy public or private?
Anderson Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALDINE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.