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ELM GROVE EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ELM GROVE EL
Located at 2815 CLEAR RDG DR, in KINGWOOD, Texas, ELM GROVE EL is a medium-sized elementary-level community that hosts 608 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HUMBLE ISD.
ELM GROVE EL is one of 50 schools operated by HUMBLE ISD, a district that enrolls 48,502 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ELM GROVE EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 36% White, 13% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ELM GROVE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, ELM GROVE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.
In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), ELM GROVE EL is one campus in the mix.
HIDDEN HOLLOW EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELM GROVE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELM GROVE EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. ELM GROVE EL's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 608). The White share of enrollment shrank from 58% to 36% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, members of the ELM GROVE EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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