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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KLEIN ISD·NCES 482574002898
Epps Island Elementary School
7403 SMILING WOOD LN, KLEIN, TX 77086 · (832) 484-5800 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
696 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 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 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Epps Island Elementary School
Epps Island Elementary School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epps Island Elementary School this school | 764 | 91.1% | 39.9% |
| Bush Elementary School HOUSTON | 780 | 90.5% | 30.6% |
| Popham Elementary School DEL VALLE | 698 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
| Spicewood Park Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 722 | 89.3% | 32.1% |
| Del Valle Elementary School DEL VALLE | 726 | 89.5% | 21.1% |
| Hairgrove Elementary School HOUSTON | 795 | 89.4% | 63.1% |
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 Epps Island Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #2,610 of 4,401 | #348 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,230 of 4,466 ▲ 1,728 | #153 of 625 ▲ 275 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,404 of 4,466 ▲ 723 | #324 of 625 ▲ 110 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #1,080 of 3,998 | #155 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #578 of 4,938 | #161 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,090 of 4,622 | #158 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #3,509 of 4,628 | #505 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #940 of 4,789 | #226 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.3% | #518 of 1,307 | #53 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
764
+170 (+29%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 1,149
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 764 | 56.9 | 13.4:1 | 91% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 47.6 | 10.9:1 | 87% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 44.8 | 12.1:1 | 85% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 52 | 11.4:1 | 92% (549) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 61.2 | 10.7:1 | 81% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 68 | 10.6:1 | 87% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | 72 | 12.7:1 | 86% (786) |
| 2000-01 | 789 | 61 | 12.9:1 | 72% (568) |
| 1990-91 | 1,149 | 58 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Epps Island Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (657 to 764); teachers down 7% (61.2 to 56.9).
About Epps Island Elementary School
Epps Island Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in KLEIN, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 764 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
KLEIN ISD has 52,437 students spread across 50 schools.
Hispanic students are 85% of those enrolled at Epps Island Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 8% Black and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Harris County's population at about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
Epps Island Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, with 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.8% for Epps Island Elementary School. The school posts 39.9%, 5.1 points above the prediction.
In Harris County, home to about 4,838,303 people, median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Epps Island Elementary School among them.
Epps Island Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Kujawa Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Epps Island Elementary School at 3rd of 7.
In the federal locale system, Epps Island Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 594 to 764, a 29% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.4:1 to 13.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 KLEIN ISD
- Klein Cain High SchoolHigh · 3,922 students
- Klein Oak High SchoolHigh · 3,766 students
- Klein Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,418 students
- Klein High SchoolHigh · 3,366 students
- Klein Collins High SchoolHigh · 3,360 students
- Wunderlich Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,319 students
Other schools in KLEIN
- Klein Cain High SchoolHigh · 3,922 students
- Klein Oak High SchoolHigh · 3,766 students
- Klein Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,418 students
- Klein High SchoolHigh · 3,366 students
- Klein Collins High SchoolHigh · 3,360 students
- Wunderlich Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,319 students
Nearby schools
- Kujawa Elementary School0.6 mi · 562
- Kujawa Ec/PK/K0.7 mi · 650
- McDougle Elementary School1.0 mi · 612
- The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center1.0 mi · 314
- Carmichael Elementary School1.1 mi · 711
- Shotwell Middle School1.3 mi · 832
Frequently asked questions
About Epps Island Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Epps Island Elementary School?
Epps Island Elementary School enrolls approximately 764 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Epps Island Elementary School serve?
Epps Island Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Epps Island Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Epps Island Elementary School.
How diverse is Epps Island Elementary School?
Epps Island Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Epps Island Elementary School in?
Epps Island Elementary School is part of KLEIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.