1
Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771006639
Black Elementary School
160 MILLSTREAM, HOUSTON, TX 77060 · (281) 878-0350 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
441 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 24% |
This year's 1st grade class (84) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Black Elementary School
Black Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Elementary School this school | 488 | 90.4% | 27.0% |
| Houston Elementary School AUSTIN | 496 | 92.1% | 19.3% |
| Crow Leadership Academy ARLINGTON | 500 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Maverick Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 518 | 90.9% | 32.0% |
| Carrollton Elementary School CARROLLTON | 505 | 91.1% | 42.9% |
| McMullan Elementary School CHANNELVIEW | 482 | 90.0% | 32.0% |
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 Black Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,914 of 4,401 | #565 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,055 of 4,466 ▲ 885 | #444 of 625 ▲ 133 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,897 of 4,466 ▼ 515 | #562 of 625 ▼ 86 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #701 of 3,998 | #94 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #2,645 of 4,938 | #476 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,410 of 4,622 | #202 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #3,869 of 4,628 | #573 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #1,033 of 4,789 | #249 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.2% | #122 of 2,838 | #34 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
488
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 1,077
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 488 | 35.2 | 13.9:1 | 90% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 34.7 | 15.1:1 | 95% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 29.9 | 18.4:1 | 97% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 94% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 52.6 | 16.3:1 | 96% (823) |
| 2015-16 | 959 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 92% (885) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 88% (686) |
| 2000-01 | 933 | 58 | 16.1:1 | 87% (814) |
| 1990-91 | 1,077 | 40 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Black Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (859 to 488); teachers down 33% (52.6 to 35.2).
About Black Elementary School
Black Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in HOUSTON, Texas. In all, 488 students attend the school in grades 1 through 5.
Black Elementary School is one school in a 76-school district, ALDINE ISD, which enrolls 56,419 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Black Elementary School is Hispanic, at 91%. The rest of enrollment is 7% Black. Among all residents of Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
The school had 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Black Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.0% is 8.1 points below the 35.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that 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%. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Black Elementary School.
Black Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Bussey Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Black Elementary School ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 27.0% against a local average of 36.7%.
Black Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The school's student count fell 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 13.9:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Black Elementary School. 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
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Other Black Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Black Elementary. Black Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Black Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,125 students
- Black Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 587 students
- Black Elementary SchoolSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Bussey Elementary School0.5 mi · 489
- Thompson Elementary School0.5 mi · 455
- Up Excellence Academy0.7 mi · 36
- Marcella Elementary School0.7 mi · 530
- Premier H S - Houston (greenspoint)0.7 mi · 60
- Stovall Middle School0.7 mi · 1,039
Frequently asked questions
About Black Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Black Elementary School?
Black Elementary School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades 01-05.
Is Black Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Black Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Black Elementary School have?
Black Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Black Elementary School?
Student demographics at Black Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Black Elementary School public or private?
Black Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALDINE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.