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DARWIN L GILMORE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DARWIN L GILMORE EL
DARWIN L GILMORE EL is a mid-tier elementary school in LEAGUE CITY, Texas, overseen by CLEAR CREEK ISD. The school enrolls 676 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 30% larger than typical.
Within CLEAR CREEK ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 39,684 students, DARWIN L GILMORE EL is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, DARWIN L GILMORE EL shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder is composed of 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DARWIN L GILMORE EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at DARWIN L GILMORE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Galveston County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, DARWIN L GILMORE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 66.1%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Galveston County put median household income runs about $86,105, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. DARWIN L GILMORE EL is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).
The closest other public school is CREEKSIDE INT, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DARWIN L GILMORE EL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.3%.
DARWIN L GILMORE EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Looking at the recent track record. DARWIN L GILMORE EL's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 892 (now 676). Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 21% across the same window.
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