Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002401
Blackshear Elementary School
2900 HOLMAN AVE, HOUSTON, TX 77004 · (713) 942-1481 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
251 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
24%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
Blackshear Elementary School→Cullen Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 17.0% | 27.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Blackshear Elementary School
Blackshear Elementary School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackshear Elementary School this school | 257 | 97.7% | 25.4% |
| Bruce Elementary School HOUSTON | 285 | 96.8% | 27.9% |
| Texas Empowerment Academy Elementary School AUSTIN | 303 | 99.7% | N/A |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center TEXARKANA | 265 | 98.1% | N/A |
| Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies PORT ARTHUR | 236 | 94.9% | 23.5% |
| Meyerpark Elementary School HOUSTON | 296 | 95.9% | 29.9% |
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 Blackshear Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #4,025 of 4,401 | #587 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,917 of 4,466 ▼ 252 | #579 of 625 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,146 of 4,466 ▼ 29 | #438 of 625 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,185 of 3,998 | #170 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #4,419 of 4,938 | #636 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #93 of 4,622 | #12 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #3,619 of 4,628 | #524 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #222 of 4,789 | #68 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.0% | #70 of 2,838 | #22 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
257
-85 (-25%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 257 | 23.9 | 10.8:1 | 98% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 99% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 21.9 | 14.1:1 | 99% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 25 | 13.7:1 | 97% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 34.7 | 14.3:1 | 96% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 92% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 33% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 91% (510) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 33 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackshear Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (494 to 257); teachers down 31% (34.7 to 23.9).
About Blackshear Elementary School
Blackshear Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of HOUSTON, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 257 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 50% smaller than average.
Blackshear Elementary School sits within HOUSTON ISD, which has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
Blackshear Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 86% Black. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Harris County's population at about 19%. Blackshear Elementary School has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 23.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.8:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Blackshear Elementary School scores 25.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.0%.
Harris County has these Census figures: 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%. The public schools of Harris County number 1,205 and enroll about 886,911.
The nearest public school is Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan, at about 0.2 miles. Blackshear Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 25.4% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Blackshear Elementary School had 342 students in 2020-21 and 257 in 2024-25, a 25% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 10.8:1 over the same years.
The Blackshear 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 HOUSTON ISD
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Other schools in HOUSTON
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Other Blackshear Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Blackshear Elementary. Blackshear Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Blackshear Elementary SchoolKLEIN, TX · 722 students
- Blackshear Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 214 students
- Blackshear Elementary SchoolBlackshear, GA · 820 students
Nearby schools
- Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan0.2 mi · 306
- Yates High School0.6 mi · 685
- Yellowstone College Preparatory0.7 mi · 321
- Houston Academy for International Studies0.7 mi · 473
- Young Women's College Prep Academy0.7 mi · 494
- Lockhart Elementary School0.9 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Blackshear Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Blackshear Elementary School?
Blackshear Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Blackshear Elementary School serve?
Blackshear Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Blackshear Elementary School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Blackshear Elementary School.
How diverse is Blackshear Elementary School?
Blackshear Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 86% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Blackshear Elementary School?
Blackshear Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.