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If you had an hour of school board time for EMMOTT EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611006085
EMMOTT EL
11750 STEEPLEWAY BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77065 · (281) 897-4500 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
469 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
583
-292 (-33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.6:1
% White
9%
was 20%
% Hispanic
44%
was 38%
% Black
34%
was 27%
% Asian
6%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EMMOTT EL
As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, EMMOTT EL serves 583 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
EMMOTT EL is one of 92 schools operated by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, a district that instructs 117,927 students overall.
On the student-mix side, EMMOTT EL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 9% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
With demographic context factored in, EMMOTT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. EMMOTT EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS J J An E P, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EMMOTT EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMMOTT EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 33%: 875 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 20% to 9%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for EMMOTT EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- BRIDGELAND H SHigh · 3,707 students
- CYPRESS WOODS H SHigh · 3,469 students
- CYPRESS RANCH H SHigh · 3,463 students
- JERSEY VILLAGE H SHigh · 3,323 students
- CYPRESS CREEK H SHigh · 3,222 students
- CY-FAIR H SHigh · 3,216 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS J J A E P0.8 mi · 6
- DANISH EL1.2 mi · 918
- BANG EL1.5 mi · 949
- COOK MIDDLE1.7 mi · 1,375
- CYPRESS RIDGE H S1.8 mi · 2,861
- CAMPBELL MIDDLE1.8 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About EMMOTT ELWhat is the total enrollment at EMMOTT EL?
EMMOTT EL enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EMMOTT EL serve?
EMMOTT EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does EMMOTT EL have?
EMMOTT EL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at EMMOTT EL?
Student demographics at EMMOTT EL are roughly 9% White, 44% Hispanic, 34% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is EMMOTT EL in?
EMMOTT EL is part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.