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Which teacher or staff member at BEATRICE MAYES INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
558
Elementary
STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEATRICE MAYES INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 480019008590
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School
5807 CALHOUN RD, HOUSTON, TX 77021 · (713) 747-5629 · Harris County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
36 FTE teachers
STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
437 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 23% larger than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -4.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 27.0% | 31.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 24.0% | 33.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School this school | 558 | 78.3% | 38.9% |
| Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School LANCASTER | 416 | 79.6% | 41.3% |
| IDEA A W Brown Academy DALLAS | 481 | 92.7% | N/A |
| Belt Line Elementary School LANCASTER | 567 | 83.1% | 36.4% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary School LANCASTER | 388 | 89.7% | 35.8% |
| Waterford Oaks Elementary School CEDAR HILL | 521 | 75.8% | 34.5% |
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 Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,732 of 4,401 | #363 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,288 of 4,466 ▲ 323 | #487 of 625 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,583 of 4,466 ▼ 615 | #348 of 625 ▼ 95 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #1,965 of 4,938 | #404 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,996 of 4,622 | #393 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #4,324 of 4,628 | #648 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #2,070 of 4,789 | #425 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #309 of 1,307 | #26 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
558
+88 (+19%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 558 | 35.7 | 15.6:1 | 78% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 36.3 | 12.6:1 | 84% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 74% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 68% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 33 | 13.5:1 | 73% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 77% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 80% (346) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (445 to 558); teachers up 8% (33 to 35.7).
About Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School
Federal records list Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School as an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 558 students.
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School is its own local education agency in federal data.
Of every 100 students at Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School, about 97 are Black. Census figures show Harris County is about 19% Black. A diversity index of 5% means there is a 5% chance two randomly chosen students at Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School totals 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School is about 78%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School are 1.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (38.9% actual, 40.3% predicted).
In the wider Harris County area, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
Hartsfield Elementary School is the nearest public school to Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School, about 0.4 miles away. Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 32.2% proficiency; Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School posts 38.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. As a charter school, Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 19%, from 470 to 558.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. 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
- 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
- Hartsfield Elementary School0.4 mi · 287
- KIPP Peace Elementary School0.6 mi · 525
- KIPP Liberation College Preparatory0.6 mi · 405
- Peck Elementary School0.8 mi · 288
- YES Prep - Southside1.0 mi · 860
- Southside Elementary School1.0 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter SchoolHow many students attend Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School?
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School enrolls approximately 558 students in grades KG-08.
Is Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School have?
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School?
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School reports a student body of 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School?
Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School is overseen by BEATRICE MAYES INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.