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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at DE ZAVALA EL this year?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOOSE CREEK CISD·NCES 482115001260
De Zavala Elementary School
305 TRI CITY BEACH RD, BAYTOWN, TX 77520 · (281) 420-4920 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
13.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
398 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 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 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 62.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 De Zavala Elementary School
De Zavala Elementary School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Zavala Elementary School this school | 527 | 75.5% | 28.5% |
| Katherine Stephens Elementary School ROWLETT | 496 | 76.2% | 32.3% |
| Borman Elementary School DENTON | 523 | 76.9% | 27.8% |
| Purcell Elementary School ABILENE | 537 | 80.4% | 33.0% |
| Dunbar Middle School DICKINSON | 558 | 72.0% | 39.3% |
| Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School TEXAS CITY | 460 | 73.3% | 46.3% |
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 De Zavala Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #3,791 of 4,401 | #547 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,224 of 4,466 ▲ 528 | #474 of 625 ▲ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,567 of 4,466 ▼ 454 | #503 of 625 ▼ 78 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,273 of 3,998 | #351 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #2,264 of 4,938 | #439 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,307 of 4,622 | #192 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #1,518 of 4,628 | #198 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #2,243 of 4,789 | #448 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.5% | #318 of 2,838 | #82 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
527
-125 (-19%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 527 | 38.4 | 13.7:1 | 76% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 37.8 | 15.6:1 | 85% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 39.2 | 15.1:1 | 89% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 80% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 78% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 81% (674) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 69% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 836 | 56 | 14.9:1 | 66% (552) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for De Zavala Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (804 to 527); teachers down 20% (48 to 38.4).
About De Zavala Elementary School
BAYTOWN, Texas, is home to De Zavala Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 527 students.
De Zavala Elementary School is one school in GOOSE CREEK CISD, a system of 34 schools with 24,032 students.
The student body at De Zavala Elementary School is 58% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 19% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at De Zavala Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. A total of 398 students, or 76%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
De Zavala Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Texas public elementary schools.
De Zavala Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.5% and a predicted 41.4%.
Harris County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Horace Mann Junior High School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. De Zavala Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
De Zavala Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 19% decline, from 652 to 527. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.5:1 to 13.7:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the De Zavala Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 GOOSE CREEK CISD
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Highlands Junior High SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in BAYTOWN
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Cedar Bayou Junior High SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other De Zavala Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 1 state are named De Zavala Elementary. De Zavala Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 669 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolCHANNELVIEW, TX · 634 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 388 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 274 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Horace Mann Junior High School0.2 mi · 765
- Ashbel Smith Elementary School0.7 mi · 548
- Carver Elementary School1.1 mi · 566
- Bob Hope Elementary School-Baytown1.2 mi · 370
- Lamar Elementary School1.4 mi · 498
- James Bowie Elementary School1.5 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About De Zavala Elementary SchoolHow large is De Zavala Elementary School?
De Zavala Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does De Zavala Elementary School serve?
De Zavala Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at De Zavala Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at De Zavala Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is De Zavala Elementary School?
De Zavala Elementary School reports a student body of 19% White, 58% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees De Zavala Elementary School?
De Zavala Elementary School is overseen by GOOSE CREEK CISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.