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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771013787
Caraway Elementary School
3031 ELLINGTON ST, HOUSTON, TX 77088 · (281) 878-0320 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
17.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
494 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 | 124 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (124) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
47%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
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 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 | 11.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Caraway Elementary School
Caraway Elementary School's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caraway Elementary School this school | 553 | 89.3% | 15.8% |
| Magrill Ec/PK/K HUMBLE | 589 | 90.7% | N/A |
| Normandy Crossing Elementary School HOUSTON | 596 | 91.8% | 38.4% |
| Uplift Wisdom Prep PS DALLAS | 593 | 90.4% | 26.1% |
| Valley West Elementary School HOUSTON | 505 | 90.9% | 34.3% |
| Jack M Fields Sr Elementary School HUMBLE | 638 | 87.9% | 24.1% |
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 Caraway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #4,356 of 4,401 | #621 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,619 of 4,466 ▲ 597 | #538 of 625 ▲ 73 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #4,145 of 4,466 ▲ 182 | #593 of 625 ▲ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #482 of 3,998 | #57 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #2,009 of 4,938 | #413 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #3,961 of 4,622 | #545 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #2,628 of 4,628 | #362 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #1,152 of 4,789 | #281 of 671 |
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
553
+62 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 553 | 32.1 | 17.2:1 | 89% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 32.3 | 16.8:1 | 94% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 25.9 | 19.9:1 | 97% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 93% (458) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caraway Elementary School.
About Caraway Elementary School
Caraway Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school runs grades 1 through 5 and enrolls 553 students.
Besides Caraway Elementary School, ALDINE ISD runs 75 other schools. The district enrolls 56,419 students.
The largest group at Caraway Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 65%. Other groups include 33% Black. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Caraway Elementary School scores 47%.
Caraway Elementary School has 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 89% at Caraway Elementary School. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Caraway Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of Texas public elementary schools.
Caraway Elementary School is 19.7 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Harris County, 1,205 public schools serve about 886,911 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Stovall Ec/PK/K, is about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Caraway Elementary School is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Caraway Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 13%, from 491 to 553. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.2:1, from 14.4:1.
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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 ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 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
- Stovall Ec/PK/K0.1 mi · 450
- Houston Academy0.6 mi · 372
- Harris Elementary School0.8 mi · 448
- Reece Academy0.8 mi · 402
- Carver H S for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts0.9 mi · 708
- Vines Ec/PK/K0.9 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Caraway Elementary SchoolHow large is Caraway Elementary School?
Caraway Elementary School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Caraway Elementary School serve?
Caraway Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Caraway Elementary School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Caraway Elementary School.
How diverse is Caraway Elementary School?
Caraway Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 65% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Caraway Elementary School public or private?
Caraway 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.