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How has ANDERSON EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002388
ANDERSON EL
5727 LUDINGTON DR, HOUSTON, TX 77035 · (713) 726-3600 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
571 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
32.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
585
-209 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.7:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
79%
was 76%
% Black
17%
was 19%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ANDERSON EL
As an average-sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, ANDERSON EL works with 585 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of HOUSTON ISD.
Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, ANDERSON EL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, ANDERSON EL logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 17% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
On the resource side, On paper, ANDERSON EL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ANDERSON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.3%; this one delivers 32.4%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), ANDERSON EL is one campus in the mix.
WESTBURY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANDERSON EL. On composite proficiency, ANDERSON EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 794 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- BELLAIRE H SHigh · 3,216 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,968 students
- WESTSIDE H SHigh · 2,729 students
- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- WESTBURY H S0.4 mi · 1,991
- MEYERPARK EL0.7 mi · 296
- ACCELERATED INT CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 21
- ACCELERATED INTERDISCIPLINARY ACAD0.8 mi · 161
- FOERSTER EL1.0 mi · 531
- TINSLEY EL1.0 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About ANDERSON ELHow many students attend ANDERSON EL?
ANDERSON EL enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ANDERSON EL serve?
ANDERSON EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ANDERSON EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ANDERSON EL is approximately 15.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ANDERSON EL?
At ANDERSON EL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 79% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ANDERSON EL in?
ANDERSON EL is part of HOUSTON ISD.
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