Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002437
De Zavala Elementary School
7521 AVE H, HOUSTON, TX 77012 · (713) 924-1888 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
235 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
De Zavala Elementary School→Edison Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 20.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 35.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Zavala Elementary School this school | 246 | 95.5% | 52.5% |
| San Pedro Fine Arts Academy ROBSTOWN | 243 | 95.1% | 26.6% |
| Stafford Center SAN ANTONIO | 255 | 96.1% | N/A |
| Zavala Elementary School EL PASO | 253 | 96.4% | 35.0% |
| Falfurrias Elementary School FALFURRIAS | 251 | 93.6% | 31.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School HARLINGEN | 259 | 94.2% | 27.1% |
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 | 52.5% | #1,239 of 4,401 | #132 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #771 of 4,466 ▼ 329 | #87 of 625 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,161 of 4,466 ▼ 735 | #279 of 625 ▼ 114 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,471 of 3,998 | #232 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #4,472 of 4,938 | #643 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,255 of 4,622 | #184 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.8% | #4,329 of 4,628 | #650 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #434 of 4,789 | #126 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -58.5% | #18 of 2,838 | #4 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
246
-273 (-53%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 96% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 25.1 | 9.3:1 | 97% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 95% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 97% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 37.6 | 15.8:1 | 68% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 92% (516) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 63% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 88% (582) |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 40 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for De Zavala Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 59% (593 to 246); teachers down 52% (37.6 to 18).
About De Zavala Elementary School
De Zavala Elementary School is a small elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools in HOUSTON ISD. The school's enrollment of 246 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
The district, HOUSTON ISD, operates 273 schools serving 176,727 students.
Hispanic students make up 98% of enrollment at De Zavala Elementary School. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. De Zavala Elementary School's diversity index is 5%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 18 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 96%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
De Zavala Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
De Zavala Elementary School scores 19.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 52.5% actual versus 32.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Harris County residents, 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%. De Zavala Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to De Zavala Elementary School is Gallegos Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, De Zavala Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Reported enrollment: 519 (2020-21) and 246 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.7:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other De Zavala Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 1 state are named De Zavala Elementary. De Zavala Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 6.
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 669 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolCHANNELVIEW, TX · 634 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 527 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 388 students
- De Zavala Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Gallegos Elementary School0.3 mi · 351
- Franklin Elementary School0.6 mi · 218
- Edison Middle School0.7 mi · 388
- Briscoe Elementary School0.7 mi · 177
- Tijerina Elementary School1.3 mi · 333
- Carrillo Elementary School1.4 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About De Zavala Elementary SchoolHow large is De Zavala Elementary School?
De Zavala Elementary School enrolls approximately 246 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does De Zavala Elementary School serve?
De Zavala Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at De Zavala Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at De Zavala Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at De Zavala Elementary School?
At De Zavala Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is De Zavala Elementary School in?
De Zavala Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
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