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Enrollment
828
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122009663
Clark Elementary School
1825 RUSHWORTH DR, HOUSTON, TX 77014 · (281) 891-8540 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL828 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
718 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 94 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 18.0% | 29.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Clark Elementary School
Clark Elementary School's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Elementary School this school | 828 | 86.7% | 21.4% |
| Uplift Ascend Prep PS FORT WORTH | 864 | 85.9% | 22.4% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Elementary School LANCASTER | 737 | 84.8% | 17.4% |
| IDEA Spears Academy HOUSTON | 728 | 90.2% | 25.1% |
| Lakeland Elementary School HUMBLE | 919 | 87.3% | 30.1% |
| Meyer Elementary School HOUSTON | 680 | 88.4% | 33.5% |
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 Clark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,233 of 4,401 | #609 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,392 of 4,466 ▲ 813 | #505 of 625 ▲ 102 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,231 of 4,466 ▲ 90 | #605 of 625 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #546 of 3,998 | #70 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 828 | #364 of 4,938 | #117 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #4,444 of 4,622 | #633 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #2,211 of 4,628 | #291 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #1,411 of 4,789 | #329 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #854 of 1,307 | #83 of 148 |
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
828
+207 (+33%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 828 | 41.5 | 19.9:1 | 87% (718) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 58.1 | 14.6:1 | 95% (807) |
| 2022-23 | 1,009 | 70.3 | 14.4:1 | 93% (943) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 96% (595) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 69% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 73% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 87% (537) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (768 to 828); teachers down 13% (48 to 41.5).
About Clark Elementary School
A large elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, Clark Elementary School is part of SPRING ISD. The school has 828 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 60% larger than average.
Clark Elementary School falls under SPRING ISD, which has 42 schools enrolling 33,678 students.
More than half of enrollment at Clark Elementary School is Hispanic: 57%. Other groups include 39% Black. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. The diversity index for Clark Elementary School is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 87% of the student body. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Clark Elementary School would score about 36.7%. It scores 21.4%, a bottom-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Harris County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Clark Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Clark Elementary School is closest to Spring Leadership Academy, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.8%; Clark Elementary School's is 21.4%, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 621 (2020-21) to 828 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.9:1) than in 2020-21 (17.3:1).
The discussion board for Clark Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 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
Other Clark Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Clark Elementary. Clark Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 21.
- Clark Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 712 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPORTLAND, TX · 457 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 354 students
- CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 858 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPaducah, KY · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Leadership Academy0.1 mi · 502
- IDEA Spears College Preparatory0.5 mi · 617
- IDEA Spears Academy0.5 mi · 728
- Heritage Elementary School0.8 mi · 807
- Hoyland Elementary School0.9 mi · 617
- Deloras E Thompson Elementary School1.1 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Elementary SchoolHow large is Clark Elementary School?
Clark Elementary School enrolls approximately 828 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Clark Elementary School serve?
Clark Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clark Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clark Elementary School is approximately 19.9:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clark Elementary School?
At Clark Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 57% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Clark Elementary School?
Clark Elementary School is overseen by SPRING ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.