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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003822
Fisher Elementary School
2920 WATTERS RD, PASADENA, TX 77502 · (713) 740-0552 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
476 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 61 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (114).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Fisher Elementary School
Fisher Elementary School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Elementary School this school | 566 | 84.1% | 41.1% |
| Bowie Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 580 | 82.2% | 27.6% |
| Blake Manor Elementary School MANOR | 573 | 83.6% | 19.8% |
| Lamar Elementary School MIDLAND | 604 | 86.1% | 25.6% |
| IDEA Ingram Hills Academy SAN ANTONIO | 588 | 86.2% | 47.8% |
| Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy DALLAS | 516 | 82.2% | 49.8% |
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 Fisher Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,448 of 4,401 | #325 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,138 of 4,466 ▼ 649 | #461 of 625 ▼ 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,271 of 4,466 ▼ 524 | #458 of 625 ▼ 84 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #323 of 3,998 | #36 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #1,898 of 4,938 | #393 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #364 of 4,622 | #59 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #3,389 of 4,628 | #477 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #1,633 of 4,789 | #367 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #845 of 2,838 | #165 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
566
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 566 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 84% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 47.9 | 12.1:1 | 85% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 50.9 | 11.6:1 | 87% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 51 | 11.7:1 | 85% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 51.9 | 14.4:1 | 84% (632) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 80% (596) |
| 2010-11 | 832 | 53 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 57% (404) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 31 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fisher Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (748 to 566); teachers down 9% (51.9 to 47).
About Fisher Elementary School
Located in PASADENA, Texas, Fisher Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 566 students in pre-K through 4.
A total of 67 schools make up PASADENA ISD, with 46,491 students enrolled.
The share of students at Fisher Elementary School who are Hispanic is 82%. Enrollment also includes 11% White and 4% Black. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. The school has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. In all, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 14 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Fisher Elementary School would score about 37.8%. It scores 41.1%, 3.3 points above that figure.
For Harris County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
Fisher Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Park View Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 41.1% is below the 42.5% average for nearby schools.
Fisher Elementary School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Fisher Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Fisher Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Fisher Elementary. Fisher Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Fisher Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 643 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 565 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolLYNDEN, WA · 546 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolMarshalltown, IA · 368 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Park View Intermediate School0.2 mi · 532
- Marshall Kendrick Middle School0.3 mi · 652
- Jensen Elementary School0.6 mi · 567
- Mae Smythe Elementary School0.7 mi · 710
- Sam Rayburn High School0.8 mi · 2,627
- Bailey Elementary School1.0 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Fisher Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fisher Elementary School?
Fisher Elementary School enrolls approximately 566 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Fisher Elementary School serve?
Fisher Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fisher Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fisher Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fisher Elementary School?
At Fisher Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 82% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Fisher Elementary School public or private?
Fisher Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.