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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHANNELVIEW ISD·NCES 481359000854
De Zavala Elementary School
910 DEER PASS, CHANNELVIEW, TX 77530 · (281) 452-6008 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
598 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 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
19%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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 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 down about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 22.0% | 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 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 De Zavala Elementary School
De Zavala Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Zavala Elementary School this school | 634 | 94.3% | 34.1% |
| A V Cato Elementary School FORT WORTH | 633 | 94.8% | 41.0% |
| Democracy Prep at Stewart Academy SAN ANTONIO | 645 | 94.1% | 21.6% |
| South Elementary School MIDLAND | 651 | 93.2% | 32.6% |
| Vardeman Ec/PK/K HOUSTON | 624 | 94.2% | N/A |
| Keyes Elementary School IRVING | 691 | 91.9% | 29.4% |
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 | 34.1% | #3,254 of 4,401 | #461 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,311 of 4,466 ▼ 279 | #489 of 625 ▼ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,206 of 4,466 ▼ 913 | #602 of 625 ▼ 142 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #243 of 3,998 | #24 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #1,362 of 4,938 | #311 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,100 of 4,622 | #281 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #3,807 of 4,628 | #565 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #586 of 4,789 | #156 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #724 of 1,307 | #68 of 148 |
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
634
+89 (+16%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 634 | 43.4 | 14.6:1 | 94% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 94% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 95% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 93% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 89% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 89% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 88% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 71% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 30 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for De Zavala Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (573 to 634); teachers up 24% (35 to 43.4).
About De Zavala Elementary School
De Zavala Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in CHANNELVIEW, Texas. It had 634 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 22% above average.
CHANNELVIEW ISD is made up of 12 schools with 9,335 students in all.
Hispanic students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 5% White and 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
De Zavala Elementary School lists 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 94% of the student body. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, De Zavala Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 34.1% against 33.4%.
In Harris County, home to about 4,838,303 people, median household income comes to about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, De Zavala Elementary School among them.
De Zavala Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is B H Hamblen Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 39.9% on proficiency, and De Zavala Elementary School is below that at 34.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 16%, from 545 to 634.
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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
- Harvey S Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 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
- Crenshaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- McMullan Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 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 2nd largest of the 6.
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 669 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 527 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
- B H Hamblen Elementary School0.3 mi · 886
- McMullan Elementary School0.5 mi · 482
- Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 427
- 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
Frequently asked questions
About De Zavala Elementary SchoolHow many students attend De Zavala Elementary School?
De Zavala Elementary School enrolls approximately 634 students in grades KG-05.
Is De Zavala Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
De Zavala Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does De Zavala Elementary School have?
De Zavala Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at De Zavala Elementary School?
Student demographics at De Zavala Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is De Zavala Elementary School in?
De Zavala Elementary School is part of CHANNELVIEW ISD.
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