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ANDERSON EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ANDERSON EL
ANDERSON EL is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in CONROE, Texas, overseen by CONROE ISD, with 686 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 519.
Within CONROE ISD, which oversees 66 schools and 72,914 students, ANDERSON EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, ANDERSON EL reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 15% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, ANDERSON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household earnings sit near $97,701, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), ANDERSON EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is JUVENILE DETENTION CTR, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANDERSON EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.7%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANDERSON EL has increased 6%, going from 646 students in 2018 to 686 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.
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