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Enrollment
837
Elementary
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER PARK ISD·NCES 481653001411
Carpenter Elementary School
5002 PASADENA BLVD, DEER PARK, TX 77536 · (832) 668-8400 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
14.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
469 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 160 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 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 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Carpenter Elementary School
Carpenter Elementary School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter Elementary School this school | 837 | 56.0% | 45.5% |
| Barbara Fasken Elementary School MIDLAND | 909 | 57.9% | 56.9% |
| Santa Rita Elementary School MIDLAND | 835 | 56.8% | 50.1% |
| League City Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 692 | 57.5% | 49.9% |
| Blanco Vista Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 787 | 52.6% | 49.8% |
| Susie Fuentes Elementary School KYLE | 726 | 57.7% | 39.5% |
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 Carpenter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,905 of 4,401 | #241 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,965 of 4,466 ▼ 638 | #431 of 625 ▼ 106 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,494 of 4,466 ▲ 510 | #338 of 625 ▲ 69 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,237 of 3,998 | #183 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #332 of 4,938 | #110 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,148 of 4,622 | #285 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #2,560 of 4,628 | #351 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #3,314 of 4,789 | #540 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #2,707 of 2,838 | #424 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
837
+56 (+7%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 837 | 57.1 | 14.7:1 | 56% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 53.9 | 14.9:1 | 60% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 55.8 | 15.2:1 | 60% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 49% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 853 | 50.4 | 16.9:1 | 46% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 43% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 910 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 44% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 18% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 46 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carpenter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (853 to 837); teachers up 13% (50.4 to 57.1).
About Carpenter Elementary School
Carpenter Elementary School is one of the public schools in DEER PARK, Texas. It is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school's enrollment of 837 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
Carpenter Elementary School is one of the 14 schools that make up DEER PARK ISD (12,165 students in total).
Hispanic students make up a majority at Carpenter Elementary School, at 67%. The next largest groups are 27% White, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Harris County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 57.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.7:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Carpenter Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.8%. Carpenter Elementary School scores 45.5%.
Harris County has about 4,838,303 residents, and the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Carpenter Elementary School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
The school nearest to Carpenter Elementary School is Bonnette Junior High School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Carpenter Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Carpenter Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 837, a 7% increase from 781 in 2020-21. The ratio was 16.3:1 in 2020-21 and 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 DEER PARK ISD
- Deer Park High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Deer Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolElementary · 862 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Fairmont Junior High SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Bonnette Junior High SchoolMiddle · 662 students
Other schools in DEER PARK
- Deer Park High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Deer Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolElementary · 862 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Bonnette Junior High SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Deer Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Other Carpenter Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Carpenter Elementary. Carpenter Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 600 students
- Carpenter ElementaryCary, NC · 604 students
- Carpenter Elem SchoolLAKE ORION, MI · 467 students
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolMonticello, IA · 208 students
- Carpenter ElementaryCarpenter, WY · 69 students
Nearby schools
- Bonnette Junior High School0.1 mi · 662
- Deer Park High School0.7 mi · 4,057
- H S Point0.7 mi · 8
- The Summit (high School)1.2 mi · 161
- The Summit (intermediate)1.2 mi · 76
- Jp Dabbs Elementary School1.3 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Carpenter Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carpenter Elementary School?
Carpenter Elementary School enrolls approximately 837 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Carpenter Elementary School serve?
Carpenter Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Carpenter Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Carpenter Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Carpenter Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carpenter Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 67% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Carpenter Elementary School?
Carpenter Elementary School is overseen by DEER PARK ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.