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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002394
Barrick Elementary School
12001 WINFREY LN, HOUSTON, TX 77076 · (281) 405-2500 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
429 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Barrick Elementary School→Henry Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 20.0% | 24.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 33.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 →
Schools most like Barrick Elementary School
Barrick Elementary School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrick Elementary School this school | 433 | 99.1% | 32.9% |
| Smith Elementary School RAYMONDVILLE | 431 | 98.8% | 56.4% |
| J C Martin Jr Elementary School LAREDO | 435 | 99.5% | 70.3% |
| Macdonell Elementary School LAREDO | 426 | 98.6% | 67.7% |
| John & Olive Hinojosa Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 441 | 99.1% | 30.2% |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School DALLAS | 434 | 98.8% | 46.6% |
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 Barrick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,390 of 4,401 | #485 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,451 of 4,466 ▲ 118 | #518 of 625 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #4,164 of 4,466 ▼ 87 | #594 of 625 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #898 of 3,998 | #116 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #3,195 of 4,938 | #520 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,730 of 4,622 | #507 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.1% | #4,362 of 4,628 | #651 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #78 of 4,789 | #27 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #236 of 2,838 | #69 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
433
-116 (-21%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 433 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 99% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 99% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 99% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 95% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 90% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 97% (678) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 40 | 17.9:1 | 62% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 897 | N/A | N/A | 92% (823) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 34 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barrick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (692 to 433); teachers down 35% (40 to 26).
About Barrick Elementary School
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Barrick Elementary School serves students in HOUSTON, Texas. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 433 students.
Barrick Elementary School reports to HOUSTON ISD, which has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
By race and ethnicity, Barrick Elementary School is 98% Hispanic. The school's Hispanic share is 54 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 4%.
Barrick Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.7 students per teacher, from 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.7:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch program data show 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 29 points.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Barrick Elementary School is 1.5 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.9% actual, 31.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Harris County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Barrick Elementary School's nearest public school is YES Prep - Northline (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Barrick Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 21%.
The discussion board for Barrick Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 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 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
- YES Prep - Northline0.4 mi · 1,004
- Henry Middle School0.6 mi · 523
- George I Sanchez North0.9 mi · 394
- IDEA Hardy Academy1.0 mi · 705
- IDEA Hardy College Preparatory1.0 mi · 635
- De Chaumes Elementary School1.0 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Barrick Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Barrick Elementary School?
Barrick Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Barrick Elementary School serve?
Barrick Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Barrick Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Barrick Elementary School.
How diverse is Barrick Elementary School?
Barrick Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Barrick Elementary School public or private?
Barrick Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.