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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025010736
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School
6720 NEW FOREST PKWY, HOUSTON, TX 77049 · (832) 386-4000 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- B+Beats 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
14.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
528 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 85 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Shirley J Williamson Elementary School
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School this school | 621 | 85.0% | 41.0% |
| Ogden Elementary School HOUSTON | 584 | 84.6% | 20.6% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Elementary School LANCASTER | 737 | 84.8% | 17.4% |
| Bob Hope School Beaumont BEAUMONT | 536 | 86.6% | 33.1% |
| Houston Elementary School LANCASTER | 613 | 87.3% | 32.9% |
| Woodlake Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 639 | 85.8% | 21.5% |
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 Shirley J Williamson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,460 of 4,401 | #326 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,443 of 4,466 ▼ 602 | #516 of 625 ▼ 112 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,014 of 4,466 ▼ 1,104 | #414 of 625 ▼ 174 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #850 of 3,998 | #107 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #1,453 of 4,938 | #326 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,764 of 4,622 | #246 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #1,893 of 4,628 | #250 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #1,557 of 4,789 | #352 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #2,042 of 2,838 | #343 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
621
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 621 | 43.5 | 14.3:1 | 85% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 43.5 | 14.7:1 | 87% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 42.1 | 15.7:1 | 86% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 82% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 688 | 44.3 | 15.6:1 | 73% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 65% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 62% (368) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (688 to 621); teachers down 2% (44.3 to 43.5).
About Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School serves students in HOUSTON, Texas. The school counts 621 students across pre-K through 5.
In GALENA PARK ISD, 26 schools enroll a combined 20,862 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School, with 51% of enrollment. Other groups include 43% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 43.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 14.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School is 3.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (41.0% versus 37.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School is located in Harris County, where 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%. Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Cobb 6th Grade Campus, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 659 in 2020-21 to 621 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 GALENA PARK ISD
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Galena Park High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- North Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,299 students
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusMiddle · 991 students
- North Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 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
- Cobb 6th Grade Campus0.2 mi · 991
- North Shore Senior High0.7 mi · 4,284
- Galena Park ISD Career & Technical ECHS0.8 mi · 487
- Purple Sage Elementary School1.0 mi · 428
- James B Havard Elementary School1.1 mi · 694
- North Shore Middle School1.2 mi · 1,299
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary SchoolHow large is Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School?
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School serve?
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School have?
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 51% Hispanic, 43% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School in?
Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School is part of GALENA PARK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.