1
What's something ELROD EL does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
742
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002450
Elrod Elementary School
6230 DUMFRIES DR, HOUSTON, TX 77096 · (713) 778-3330 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
727 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Elrod Elementary School→Fondren Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +40.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 27.0% | 16.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 33.0% | 20.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Elrod Elementary School
Elrod Elementary School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elrod Elementary School this school | 742 | 98.0% | 47.9% |
| Burbank Elementary School HOUSTON | 736 | 98.1% | 52.8% |
| Personalized Learning Academy at Highland Meadows DALLAS | 676 | 98.7% | 35.5% |
| North Forest Elementary School HOUSTON | 772 | 94.8% | 32.9% |
| East Grand Preparatory Academy DALLAS | 816 | 96.9% | 44.3% |
| 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 Elrod Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,642 of 4,401 | #201 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #772 of 4,466 ▲ 599 | #88 of 625 ▲ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #885 of 4,466 ▲ 229 | #97 of 625 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #680 of 3,998 | #89 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #676 of 4,938 | #191 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #4,128 of 4,622 | #576 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #3,260 of 4,628 | #456 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #187 of 4,789 | #60 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #2,542 of 2,838 | #402 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
742
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 742 | 42 | 17.7:1 | 98% (727) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 42 | 17.5:1 | 99% (725) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 41.9 | 16.7:1 | 98% (690) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 98% (703) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 43.5 | 17.7:1 | 86% (665) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 82% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 63% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 910 | 47 | 19.4:1 | 91% (828) |
| 1990-91 | 854 | 56 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elrod Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (772 to 742); teachers down 3% (43.5 to 42).
About Elrod Elementary School
Elrod Elementary School is an elementary school located in HOUSTON, Texas, in Harris County. Enrollment is 742 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 43% bigger than average.
HOUSTON ISD has 176,727 students spread across 273 schools.
A majority of students at Elrod Elementary School, 79%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The chance that two students picked at random at Elrod Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
Elrod Elementary School operates with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 98% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, lower than here.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 31.9%. Elrod Elementary School posts 47.9%, 16.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Elrod Elementary School is located in Harris County, where median household income is about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
The closest other public school is Fondren Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Elrod Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Elrod Elementary School is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Elrod Elementary School went from 716 students to 742. The ratio was 16.3:1 in 2020-21 and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Elrod Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Elrod Elementary. Elrod Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Elrod Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Fondren Middle School0.3 mi · 713
- Halpin Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 302
- Tinsley Elementary School0.9 mi · 590
- McNamara Elementary School0.9 mi · 916
- Milne Elementary School1.1 mi · 498
- Parker Elementary School1.1 mi · 924
Frequently asked questions
About Elrod Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Elrod Elementary School?
Elrod Elementary School enrolls approximately 742 students in grades PK-05.
Is Elrod Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elrod Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Elrod Elementary School have?
Elrod Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Elrod Elementary School?
Student demographics at Elrod Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 79% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Elrod Elementary School?
Elrod Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.