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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003817
Atkinson Elementary School
9602 KINGSPOINT RD, HOUSTON, TX 77075 · (713) 740-0520 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
371 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (99).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +44.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 37.0% | 29.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Atkinson Elementary School
Atkinson Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Elementary School this school | 454 | 81.7% | 42.8% |
| Uplift Infinity Prep PS IRVING | 489 | 81.6% | 51.2% |
| Townewest Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 462 | 82.7% | 38.0% |
| Powell Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 418 | 84.2% | 37.5% |
| Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School AUSTIN | 470 | 85.3% | 31.7% |
| Davis Elementary School CARROLLTON | 451 | 80.5% | 40.9% |
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 Atkinson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #2,226 of 4,401 | #298 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,174 of 4,466 ▲ 568 | #143 of 625 ▲ 88 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,858 of 4,466 ▲ 883 | #240 of 625 ▲ 133 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #761 of 3,998 | #103 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #2,981 of 4,938 | #499 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #249 of 4,622 | #42 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #3,218 of 4,628 | #452 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.7% | #1,814 of 4,789 | #390 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #2,439 of 2,838 | #386 of 441 |
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
454
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 454 | 39 | 11.6:1 | 82% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 84% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 37.7 | 12.4:1 | 85% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 78% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 38.8 | 12.4:1 | 68% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 71% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 40% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 31 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atkinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (480 to 454); teachers up 1% (38.8 to 39).
About Atkinson Elementary School
Federal records list Atkinson Elementary School as an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. Students in pre-K through 4 attend, and enrollment is 454 students.
The district, PASADENA ISD, has 46,491 students enrolled across 67 schools.
At 79%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Atkinson Elementary School combined. Other students are 7% Asian, 7% Black, and 5% White. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. Atkinson Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers at Atkinson Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.6:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 82% of students at Atkinson Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, lower than here.
The model predicts 38.8% for a school in Texas with Atkinson Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Atkinson Elementary School posts 42.8%.
Census estimates describe Harris County this way: median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
Morris Middle School is located about 0.7 miles from Atkinson Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Atkinson Elementary School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Atkinson Elementary School's location as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 454, starting from 460. The school's ratio fell from 12.8:1 to 11.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Atkinson Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 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
Other Atkinson Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Atkinson Elementary. Atkinson Elementary School is the largest of the 8.
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolNewnan, GA · 398 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 372 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolGriffin, GA · 366 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolFremont, OH · 318 students
- Atkinson ElementaryHendersonville, NC · 288 students
Nearby schools
- Morris Middle School0.7 mi · 603
- Beverly Hills Intermediate School0.8 mi · 802
- Meador Elementary School0.8 mi · 443
- Laura Welch Bush Elementary School0.9 mi · 555
- Moore Elementary School1.1 mi · 356
- Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Orem High School1.1 mi · 837
Frequently asked questions
About Atkinson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Atkinson Elementary School?
Atkinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades PK-04.
Is Atkinson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Atkinson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Atkinson Elementary School have?
Atkinson Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Atkinson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Atkinson Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 79% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Atkinson Elementary School in?
Atkinson Elementary School is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.