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Enrollment
676
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEAR CREEK ISD·NCES 481428010683
Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School
3552W LEAGUE CITY PKWY, LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573 · (281) 284-6400 · Galveston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
132 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 43 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 34.0% | 19.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 31.0% | 20.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School
Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School this school | 676 | 19.5% | 65.6% |
| Shadow Forest Elementary School KINGWOOD | 584 | 20.0% | 58.8% |
| Zue S Bales Intermediate School FRIENDSWOOD | 640 | 16.9% | 69.5% |
| Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School LUBBOCK | 763 | 17.2% | 68.7% |
| Bill Burden Elementary School LIBERTY HILL | 764 | 21.7% | 58.5% |
| Henry Bauerschlag Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 737 | 18.3% | 63.7% |
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 Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #486 of 4,401 | #4 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #577 of 4,466 ▼ 75 | #8 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #716 of 4,466 ▼ 137 | #12 of 45 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,749 of 3,998 | #27 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #1,066 of 4,938 | #12 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,604 of 4,622 | #35 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #2,072 of 4,628 | #35 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #4,441 of 4,789 | #42 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #851 of 2,838 | #13 of 29 |
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
676
-58 (-8%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 676 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 20% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 42.2 | 16.6:1 | 19% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 741 | 44.2 | 16.8:1 | 22% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 15% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 51.7 | 17.3:1 | 19% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 41 | 19.2:1 | 9% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 880 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 7% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (892 to 676); teachers down 21% (51.7 to 41).
About Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School
Federal records list Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School as an elementary school in LEAGUE CITY, Texas. The school counts 676 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
The district, CLEAR CREEK ISD, has 39,684 students enrolled across 46 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School is 64% White. It is also 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. For comparison, Galveston County is about 60% White. By the diversity index, Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School comes in at 54%.
Teachers at the school number 41 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Galveston County report 57%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.3% at Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.6%.
Galveston County has about 358,990 residents, and median household income is about $86,105, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 95 public schools in Galveston County, with a combined enrollment of about 62,767.
Creekside Intermediate School is the public school closest to Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLEAR CREEK ISD
- Clear Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- Clear Falls High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Clear Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,500 students
- Clear Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,469 students
- Clear Brook High SchoolHigh · 2,303 students
- Westbrook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
Other schools in LEAGUE CITY
- Clear Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- Clear Falls High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Clear Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,469 students
- League City Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Bayside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Victory Lakes Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 944 students
Nearby schools
- Creekside Intermediate School0.8 mi · 917
- Walter Hall Elementary School1.0 mi · 554
- Clear Springs High School1.1 mi · 2,668
- Henry Bauerschlag Elementary School1.3 mi · 737
- James H Ross Elementary School1.5 mi · 510
- Campbell Elementary School2.3 mi · 791
Frequently asked questions
About Darwin L Gilmore Elementary SchoolHow large is Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School?
Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 676 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School serve?
Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School?
At Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School in?
Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School is part of CLEAR CREEK ISD.
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