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What's one thing CORNELIUS EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
763
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002429
Cornelius Elementary School
7475 WESTOVER ST, HOUSTON, TX 77087 · (713) 845-7405 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL763 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
725 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 | 116 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
24%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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Cornelius Elementary School
Cornelius Elementary School's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Elementary School this school | 763 | 95.0% | 45.1% |
| Ebby Halliday Elementary School DALLAS | 722 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
| Smith Elementary School HOUSTON | 730 | 96.8% | 34.4% |
| Donna Lewis Elementary School HOUSTON | 689 | 93.8% | 45.5% |
| Speer Elementary School ARLINGTON | 682 | 95.3% | 23.5% |
| Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School DALLAS | 715 | 98.3% | 38.3% |
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 Cornelius Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,957 of 4,401 | #253 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,010 of 4,466 ▲ 133 | #117 of 625 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,941 of 4,466 ▲ 85 | #248 of 625 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,872 of 3,998 | #288 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 763 | #584 of 4,938 | #164 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #4,142 of 4,622 | #578 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #3,634 of 4,628 | #527 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #507 of 4,789 | #138 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #1,523 of 2,838 | #269 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
763
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 882
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 763 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 95% (725) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 95% (714) |
| 2022-23 | 756 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 92% (699) |
| 2020-21 | 804 | 44 | 18.3:1 | 92% (742) |
| 2017-18 | 907 | 42.8 | 21.2:1 | 92% (835) |
| 2015-16 | 960 | 48 | 20.0:1 | 85% (813) |
| 2010-11 | 976 | 54 | 18.1:1 | 63% (615) |
| 2000-01 | 1,053 | 48 | 21.9:1 | 84% (887) |
| 1990-91 | 882 | 44 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cornelius Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (907 to 763); teachers unchanged (42.8 to 43).
About Cornelius Elementary School
In HOUSTON, Texas, Cornelius Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 763 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 47% bigger than that.
HOUSTON ISD has a total of 273 schools and 176,727 students, Cornelius Elementary School among them.
Most students at Cornelius Elementary School are Hispanic: 87% of enrollment. Other students are 11% Black. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. By the diversity index, Cornelius Elementary School comes in at 24%.
A ratio of 17.7:1 comes from the school's 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 95% in 2024-25. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.1%. Cornelius Elementary School scores 45.1%.
Among Harris County residents, median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
The school nearest to Cornelius Elementary School is Hartman Middle School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Within five miles of Cornelius Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Cornelius Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Cornelius Elementary School had 804 students in 2020-21 and 763 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Cornelius Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Cornelius Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cornelius Elementary. Cornelius Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Cornelius ElementaryCornelius, NC · 542 students
- Cornelius Elementary SchoolCornelius, OR · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Hartman Middle School0.6 mi · 645
- Seguin Elementary School0.7 mi · 395
- Bellfort Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 313
- Golfcrest Elementary School0.8 mi · 372
- Gregg Elementary School0.9 mi · 289
- Ortiz Middle School1.1 mi · 772
Frequently asked questions
About Cornelius Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cornelius Elementary School?
Cornelius Elementary School enrolls approximately 763 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cornelius Elementary School serve?
Cornelius Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cornelius Elementary School have?
Cornelius Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Cornelius Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cornelius Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 87% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cornelius Elementary School in?
Cornelius Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.