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How has CAGE EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364005999
Cage Elementary School
4528 LEELAND ST, HOUSTON, TX 77023 · (713) 924-1700 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
285 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 | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
15%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +46.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 46 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Cage Elementary School
Cage Elementary School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cage Elementary School this school | 319 | 89.3% | 53.0% |
| Burnet Elementary School HOUSTON | 324 | 90.1% | 33.4% |
| Ripley House Charter School HOUSTON | 322 | 91.3% | 21.9% |
| Cisneros Pre-K Center GARLAND | 355 | 87.9% | N/A |
| Whittier Elementary School HOUSTON | 326 | 85.6% | 39.0% |
| Dellview Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 326 | 87.1% | 33.6% |
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 Cage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,199 of 4,401 | #126 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,222 of 4,466 ▼ 399 | #147 of 625 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #886 of 4,466 ▲ 306 | #98 of 625 ▲ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #977 of 3,998 | #140 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #4,078 of 4,938 | #606 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #480 of 4,622 | #77 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.3% | #3,908 of 4,628 | #581 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #1,148 of 4,789 | #280 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #211 of 2,838 | #57 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
319
-145 (-31%) vs 2020
-69% since 1990-91, when it was 1,015
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 319 | 25.8 | 12.4:1 | 89% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 89% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 90% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 91% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 72% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 90% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 59% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 778 | 34 | 22.9:1 | 91% (711) |
| 1990-91 | 1,015 | 45 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cage Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (516 to 319); teachers down 22% (33 to 25.8).
About Cage Elementary School
Cage Elementary School is a small elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools in HOUSTON ISD. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 319 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
HOUSTON ISD operates 273 schools. Combined enrollment is 176,727 students.
The large majority of students at Cage Elementary School, 92%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 5% Black. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Cage Elementary School comes in at 15%.
Staffing totals 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Cage Elementary School is 89%. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 35.5% for Cage Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 53.0%. The 17.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
The nearest other public school, Project Chrysalis Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cage Elementary School. Cage Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Cage Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 31%, from 464 to 319. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.4:1) than in 2020-21 (15.0:1).
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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
- Project Chrysalis Middle School0.0 mi · 241
- Austin High School0.2 mi · 1,181
- Eastwood Academy0.3 mi · 365
- Community Services-Sec0.4 mi · 83
- Lantrip Elementary School0.4 mi · 405
- Navarro Middle School0.5 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Cage Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cage Elementary School?
Cage Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cage Elementary School serve?
Cage Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cage Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Cage Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cage Elementary School?
At Cage Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Cage Elementary School in?
Cage Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
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