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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHANNELVIEW ISD·NCES 481359006077
Crenshaw Elementary School
16204 WOOD DR, CHANNELVIEW, TX 77530 · (281) 457-3080 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
458 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 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 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% | 41.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Crenshaw Elementary School
Crenshaw Elementary School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crenshaw Elementary School this school | 482 | 95.0% | 24.6% |
| Dubose Elementary School ALICE | 483 | 95.0% | 41.5% |
| Emerson Elementary School AMARILLO | 500 | 95.0% | 41.9% |
| Saenz Elementary School ALICE | 471 | 94.5% | 44.0% |
| Five Palms Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 444 | 95.0% | 26.3% |
| Westwood Elementary School HOUSTON | 475 | 93.7% | 36.8% |
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 Crenshaw Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #4,076 of 4,401 | #594 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,312 of 4,466 ▲ 637 | #490 of 625 ▲ 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,647 of 4,466 ▲ 471 | #525 of 625 ▲ 57 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,779 of 3,998 | #274 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,705 of 4,938 | #482 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,737 of 4,622 | #243 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #3,693 of 4,628 | #538 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #506 of 4,789 | #137 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #1,034 of 2,838 | #198 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
482
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 482 | 33.9 | 14.2:1 | 95% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 35.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (505) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 39.8 | 13.4:1 | 97% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 92% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 36.9 | 16.7:1 | 88% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 88% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 87% (500) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 68% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 650 | 33 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crenshaw Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (616 to 482); teachers down 8% (36.9 to 33.9).
About Crenshaw Elementary School
At 16204 WOOD DR in CHANNELVIEW, Texas, Crenshaw Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 482 students.
District-wide, CHANNELVIEW ISD has 12 schools and 9,335 students.
Crenshaw Elementary School's enrollment is 88% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 7% White. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 33.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.2:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 95%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is higher.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Crenshaw Elementary School is 8.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 24.6%. Predicted: 33.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. There are 1,205 public schools in Harris County, enrolling about 886,911 students in all.
Channelview High School is the public school closest to Crenshaw Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Crenshaw Elementary School ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 24.6% against a local average of 36.9%.
In the federal locale system, Crenshaw 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.
Over 4 years, Crenshaw Elementary School's enrollment dropped 6%, to 482.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 CHANNELVIEW ISD
- Channelview High SchoolHigh · 2,917 students
- Alice Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Aguirre Junior High SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- B H Hamblen Elementary SchoolElementary · 886 students
- McGhee Elementary SchoolElementary · 770 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
Other schools in CHANNELVIEW
- Channelview High SchoolHigh · 2,917 students
- Alice Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- B H Hamblen Elementary SchoolElementary · 886 students
- McGhee Elementary SchoolElementary · 770 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- McMullan Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Channelview High School0.9 mi · 2,917
- McGhee Elementary School0.9 mi · 770
- Alice Johnson Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,112
- Endeavor HS-Joe Frank Campbell Learning Center1.1 mi · 98
- Academic Counseling and Transition Academy1.1 mi · 25
- Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Crenshaw Elementary SchoolHow large is Crenshaw Elementary School?
Crenshaw Elementary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-05.
Is Crenshaw Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crenshaw Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Crenshaw Elementary School have?
Crenshaw Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Crenshaw Elementary School?
Student demographics at Crenshaw Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Crenshaw Elementary School in?
Crenshaw Elementary School is part of CHANNELVIEW ISD.
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