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Enrollment
906
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRIENDSWOOD ISD·NCES 481995001950
C W Cline Elementary School
1550 W BLVD, FRIENDSWOOD, TX 77546 · (281) 482-1201 · Galveston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
39 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 38 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 171 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 177 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Based on grade levels within FRIENDSWOOD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
78.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 52.0% | 30.0% | 11.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 48.0% | 30.0% | 13.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 82.0% | 78.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 69.0% |
| 2020-21 | 64.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 C W Cline Elementary School
C W Cline Elementary School's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C W Cline Elementary School this school | 906 | 4.3% | 72.4% |
| Hines Elementary School SPRING | 902 | 5.8% | 80.2% |
| Rooster Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 772 | 3.4% | 73.0% |
| Valley Oaks Elementary School HOUSTON | 894 | 9.2% | 80.4% |
| Galatas Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 792 | 10.1% | 83.8% |
| Kiker Elementary School AUSTIN | 750 | 4.3% | 68.3% |
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 C W Cline Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #253 of 4,401 | #1 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #180 of 4,466 ▲ 14 | #1 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #193 of 4,466 ▲ 108 | #1 of 45 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #206 of 4,938 | #1 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,590 of 4,622 | #34 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #2,011 of 4,628 | #34 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #4,754 of 4,789 | #49 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #1,041 of 1,307 | #10 of 13 |
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
906
+133 (+17%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
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 | 906 | 55 | 16.5:1 | 4% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 54.4 | 16.2:1 | 7% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 801 | 51.4 | 15.6:1 | 8% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 6% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 870 | 53.7 | 16.2:1 | 9% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 808 | 50 | 16.2:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 835 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 6% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 33 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C W Cline Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (870 to 906); teachers up 2% (53.7 to 55).
About C W Cline Elementary School
Among the schools in FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, is C W Cline Elementary School, a large elementary school. In all, 906 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 75% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
FRIENDSWOOD ISD enrolls 6,194 students, and its 6 schools include C W Cline Elementary School.
More than half of the students at C W Cline Elementary School are White (64%). Next come 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is in line with Galveston County, where about 60% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
There are 55 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Of all students at C W Cline Elementary School, 4% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Galveston County is 57%.
C W Cline Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For C W Cline Elementary School, the prediction is 71.8% and the result is 72.4%.
The school is in Galveston County, where the median household earns about $86,105 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Galveston County, 95 public schools serve about 62,767 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Campbell Elementary School, is the closest to C W Cline Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 72.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 6 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.5:1, from 15.2:1.
The allk12 page for C W Cline Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRIENDSWOOD ISD
- Friendswood High SchoolHigh · 2,014 students
- Friendswood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,530 students
- Zue S Bales Intermediate SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Windsong Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
- Galveston Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in FRIENDSWOOD
- Clear Brook High SchoolHigh · 2,303 students
- Friendswood High SchoolHigh · 2,014 students
- Friendswood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,530 students
- Westbrook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Brookside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 805 students
- C D Landolt Elementary SchoolElementary · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Campbell Elementary School0.8 mi · 791
- Friendswood Junior High School0.8 mi · 1,530
- Windsong Elementary School1.7 mi · 607
- Walter Hall Elementary School1.9 mi · 554
- Friendswood High School2.4 mi · 2,014
- Creekside Intermediate School2.9 mi · 917
Frequently asked questions
About C W Cline Elementary SchoolHow many students attend C W Cline Elementary School?
C W Cline Elementary School enrolls approximately 906 students in grades PK-05.
Is C W Cline Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
C W Cline Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at C W Cline Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at C W Cline Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at C W Cline Elementary School?
At C W Cline Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees C W Cline Elementary School?
C W Cline Elementary School is overseen by FRIENDSWOOD ISD in Galveston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.