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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965010674
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School
3440 INDEPENDENCE BLVD, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459 · (281) 634-9410 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
432 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 31.0% | 16.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 17.0% | 24.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School this school | 517 | 83.6% | 32.6% |
| Foster Elementary School ARLINGTON | 524 | 84.7% | 33.5% |
| Kujawa Elementary School HOUSTON | 562 | 85.2% | 28.9% |
| Joan Link Elementary School HOUSTON | 556 | 86.3% | 24.7% |
| Sheldon Early Childhood Academy HOUSTON | 562 | 83.1% | N/A |
| Lewisville Elementary School LEWISVILLE | 509 | 80.6% | 23.3% |
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 Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #3,412 of 4,401 | #102 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,158 of 4,466 ▼ 1,210 | #112 of 113 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,381 of 4,466 ▲ 630 | #92 of 113 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,312 of 3,998 | #20 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #2,355 of 4,938 | #89 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #846 of 4,622 | #24 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #2,826 of 4,628 | #105 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,680 of 4,789 | #10 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #1,872 of 2,838 | #43 of 61 |
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
517
+60 (+13%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 517 | 39.7 | 13.0:1 | 84% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 39.5 | 13.0:1 | 89% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 40.3 | 10.9:1 | 95% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 41 | 11.2:1 | 87% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 42.5 | 13.8:1 | 86% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 79% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 79% (642) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (587 to 517); teachers down 7% (42.5 to 39.7).
About Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School is an elementary school in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, and it is part of FORT BEND ISD. The school serves 517 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School sits within FORT BEND ISD, which has 83 schools and 79,663 students.
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School is 71% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 23% Black and 2% White. County-wide, 25% of Fort Bend County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.0 students per teacher. That is 2.1 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 84% of students. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County is 42 points.
allk12 grades Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.0% for Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School. The school posts 32.6%, 5.4 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Fort Bend County show that the median household income is $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School is one of 217 public schools in the county.
Quail Valley Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 32.6% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 60 more students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (11.2:1).
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
Other schools in MISSOURI CITY
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Hightower High SchoolHigh · 2,312 students
- Ronald Thornton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,760 students
- Thurgood Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,698 students
- Billy Baines Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- Quail Valley Elementary School0.7 mi · 584
- Stafford Middle School1.1 mi · 678
- Stafford Ecc1.2 mi · 423
- Stafford High School1.2 mi · 1,108
- Stafford STEM Magnet Academy1.2 mi · 345
- Lexington Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School?
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School serve?
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School.
How diverse is Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School?
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School?
Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School is overseen by FORT BEND ISD in Fort Bend County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.