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If you had an hour of school board time for DERETCHIN EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,209
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONROE ISD·NCES 481500010966
Deretchin Elementary School
11000 MERIT OAKS DR, THE WOODLANDS, TX 77382 · (832) 592-8700 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,209 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.9:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
195 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 136 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 170 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 191 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 189 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 35% smaller than its 6th grade class (189).
Student demographics
69%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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 49.0% | 27.0% | 14.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 49.0% | 27.0% | 14.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 78.0% |
| 2020-21 | 68.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Deretchin Elementary School
Deretchin Elementary School's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deretchin Elementary School this school | 1,209 | 16.1% | 76.6% |
| Timber Creek Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 970 | 12.9% | 75.8% |
| Whitestone Elementary School LEANDER | 855 | 18.1% | 50.6% |
| Wolf Ranch Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 869 | 22.2% | 47.2% |
| Larkspur Elementary School LEANDER | 834 | 16.5% | 44.0% |
| Sampson Elementary School CYPRESS | 900 | 17.1% | 78.1% |
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 Deretchin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #152 of 4,401 | #9 of 77 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #231 of 4,466 ▼ 21 | #11 of 77 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #415 of 4,466 ▼ 120 | #9 of 77 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #837 of 3,998 | #14 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,209 | #25 of 4,938 | #2 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,235 of 4,622 | #60 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #614 of 4,628 | #8 of 78 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #4,527 of 4,789 | #72 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.4% | #289 of 1,307 | #8 of 28 |
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
1,209
+314 (+35%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,181
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 1,209 | 75.9 | 15.9:1 | 16% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 1,229 | 76 | 16.2:1 | 16% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 1,170 | 73 | 16.0:1 | 17% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 895 | 56 | 16.0:1 | 14% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 949 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 6% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 1,067 | 61 | 17.5:1 | 3% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 1,181 | 65 | 18.2:1 | 3% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deretchin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (949 to 1,209); teachers up 36% (56 to 75.9).
About Deretchin Elementary School
Deretchin Elementary School is an elementary school in THE WOODLANDS, Texas, and it is part of CONROE ISD. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 1,209 students. It has 133% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Deretchin Elementary School sits within CONROE ISD, which has 66 schools and 72,914 students.
At Deretchin Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 40%. Enrollment also includes 35% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among people living in Montgomery County, the White share is about 67%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 75.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. About 16% of students at Deretchin Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 48% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
Deretchin Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Texas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Deretchin Elementary School would score about 66.8%. It scores 76.6%, 9.8 points above that figure.
The school's county is Montgomery County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,701 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Deretchin Elementary School shares Montgomery County with 159 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Deretchin Elementary School is closest to Bear Branch Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Deretchin Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Deretchin Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 35%.
Deretchin Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONROE ISD
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
Other schools in THE WOODLANDS
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- McCullough Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,195 students
- Knox Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,395 students
- Mitchell Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,253 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
Nearby schools
- Bear Branch Intermediate School0.2 mi · 1,082
- Bear Branch Junior High School0.3 mi · 1,119
- Tough Elementary School1.2 mi · 988
- Tom R Ellisor Elementary School1.7 mi · 569
- Bear Branch Elementary School1.8 mi · 489
- Brookesmith Artemis1.9 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Deretchin Elementary SchoolHow large is Deretchin Elementary School?
Deretchin Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,209 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Deretchin Elementary School serve?
Deretchin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Deretchin Elementary School have?
Deretchin Elementary School employs 76 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
How diverse is Deretchin Elementary School?
Deretchin Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 35% Hispanic, 5% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Deretchin Elementary School in?
Deretchin Elementary School is part of CONROE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.