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Enrollment
602
Elementary
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROSBY ISD·NCES 481575005684
Drew Elementary School
223 RED OAK, CROSBY, TX 77532 · (281) 328-9306 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
488 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 182 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 66% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 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 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 56.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Drew Elementary School
Drew Elementary School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Elementary School this school | 602 | 81.1% | 40.0% |
| Mildred Jenkins Elementary School SPRING | 603 | 83.9% | 35.0% |
| Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School SPRING | 630 | 81.1% | 31.9% |
| Cannaday Elementary School MESQUITE | 616 | 81.2% | 33.0% |
| Smith Elementary School SPRING | 624 | 80.1% | 26.9% |
| Anderson Elementary School SPRING | 635 | 79.2% | 27.8% |
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 Drew Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,592 of 4,401 | #340 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,193 of 4,466 ▼ 1,398 | #473 of 625 ▼ 237 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,849 of 4,466 ▼ 301 | #388 of 625 ▼ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #556 of 3,998 | #68 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #1,609 of 4,938 | #348 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,335 of 4,622 | #312 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #2,029 of 4,628 | #266 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #1,877 of 4,789 | #397 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.6% | #341 of 1,307 | #28 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
602
+102 (+20%) vs 2020
+101% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 602 | 40.5 | 14.9:1 | 81% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 85% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 40.1 | 14.1:1 | 86% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 77% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 82% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 49% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 40 | 19.4:1 | 50% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 36% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Drew Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (487 to 602); teachers up 12% (36 to 40.5).
About Drew Elementary School
Drew Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of CROSBY, Texas. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 602 students.
CROSBY ISD has 9 schools and 7,046 students, and Drew Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Drew Elementary School, about 61 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 28% Black, 9% White, and 2% multiracial. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 17 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Drew Elementary School scores 54%.
The school's 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. At Drew Elementary School, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, lower than here.
Drew Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.0%) and its predicted rate (39.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Looking at the county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Drew Elementary School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Drew Elementary School's nearest public school is Barrett Elementary School (about 1.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Drew Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Drew Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 602, from 500 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 13.5:1 to 14.9:1 between 2020-21 and 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
Related schools
Other schools in CROSBY ISD
- Crosby High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Crosby Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,560 students
- Newport Elementary SchoolElementary · 701 students
- Crosby Kindergarten CenterElementary · 685 students
- Crosby Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Barrett Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
Other schools in CROSBY
- Crosby High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Crosby Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,560 students
- Newport Elementary SchoolElementary · 701 students
- Crosby Kindergarten CenterElementary · 685 students
- Crosby Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Barrett Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
Other Drew Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Drew Elementary. Drew Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Drew Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 537 students
- Drew Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 223 students
Nearby schools
- Barrett Elementary School1.3 mi · 640
- Crosby Crossroads Academy2.0 mi · 25
- Crosby High School2.0 mi · 2,148
- Crosby Middle School2.3 mi · 1,560
- Crosby Elementary School2.3 mi · 671
- Hopper Primary School3.1 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Drew Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Drew Elementary School?
Drew Elementary School enrolls approximately 602 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Drew Elementary School serve?
Drew Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Drew Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Drew Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Drew Elementary School?
At Drew Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 61% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Drew Elementary School public or private?
Drew Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CROSBY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.