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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122010792
Donna Lewis Elementary School
3230 SPEARS RD, HOUSTON, TX 77067 · (281) 891-8720 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest 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
17.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
646 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 89 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Donna Lewis Elementary School
Donna Lewis Elementary School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Lewis Elementary School this school | 689 | 93.8% | 45.5% |
| Ebby Halliday Elementary School DALLAS | 722 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
| Best Elementary School HOUSTON | 655 | 93.0% | 23.9% |
| Speer Elementary School ARLINGTON | 682 | 95.3% | 23.5% |
| Cornelius Elementary School HOUSTON | 763 | 95.0% | 45.1% |
| IDEA Hardy Academy HOUSTON | 705 | 95.0% | 21.1% |
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 Donna Lewis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,902 of 4,401 | #240 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,188 of 4,466 ▲ 228 | #144 of 625 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,404 of 4,466 ▼ 637 | #479 of 625 ▼ 100 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #769 of 3,998 | #102 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #990 of 4,938 | #248 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #3,937 of 4,622 | #543 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #3,574 of 4,628 | #515 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #657 of 4,789 | #173 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #1,079 of 1,307 | #119 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
689
+39 (+6%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 689 | 40.2 | 17.1:1 | 94% (646) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 97% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 53 | 12.5:1 | 91% (604) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 97% (629) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 75% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 40 | 16.7:1 | 84% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 89% (693) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donna Lewis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (665 to 689); teachers down 6% (43 to 40.2).
About Donna Lewis Elementary School
Donna Lewis Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in HOUSTON, Texas. The latest federal count shows 689 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 33% higher.
Donna Lewis Elementary School sits within SPRING ISD, which has 42 schools and 33,678 students.
Donna Lewis Elementary School's enrollment is 85% Hispanic. The school is also 12% Black. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. Donna Lewis Elementary School's diversity index is 26%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Donna Lewis Elementary School is 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 94% of students, or 646, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Donna Lewis Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 33.6% for a school in Texas with Donna Lewis Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Donna Lewis Elementary School posts 45.5%.
Within Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
Edward Roberson Middle School is the public school closest to Donna Lewis Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 34.6% on proficiency, and Donna Lewis Elementary School is above that at 45.5%.
NCES assigns Donna Lewis Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 39 students since 2020-21, to 689. By 2024-25, the school had 17.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.4 in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Edward Roberson Middle School0.4 mi · 872
- Two Dimensions Preparatory Academy0.4 mi · 144
- Stelle Claughton Middle School0.5 mi · 896
- Deloras E Thompson Elementary School0.7 mi · 634
- Ignite Community School - Fallbrook0.7 mi · 208
- Joan Link Elementary School1.0 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Donna Lewis Elementary SchoolHow large is Donna Lewis Elementary School?
Donna Lewis Elementary School enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Donna Lewis Elementary School serve?
Donna Lewis Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Donna Lewis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Donna Lewis Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Donna Lewis Elementary School?
Donna Lewis Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Donna Lewis Elementary School?
Donna Lewis Elementary School is overseen by SPRING ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.