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What's something FORD EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
857
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONROE ISD·NCES 481500000997
Ford Elementary School
25460 RICHARD RD, SPRING, TX 77386 · (832) 592-5700 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
614 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 99 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 182 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 24% smaller than its 4th grade class (182).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Ford Elementary School
Ford Elementary School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Elementary School this school | 857 | 71.6% | 46.8% |
| Noble Reed CRANDALL | 800 | 70.8% | 39.8% |
| Millsap Elementary School CYPRESS | 899 | 70.1% | 48.5% |
| Harker Heights Elementary School HARKER HEIGHTS | 706 | 73.7% | 39.6% |
| Ricardo Salinas Elementary School UNIVERSAL CITY | 675 | 70.5% | 37.4% |
| Oak Forest Elementary School HUMBLE | 732 | 73.6% | 33.3% |
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 Ford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,750 of 4,401 | #47 of 77 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,256 of 4,466 ▼ 820 | #50 of 77 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,322 of 4,466 ▼ 235 | #62 of 77 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,468 of 3,998 | #38 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #283 of 4,938 | #18 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #939 of 4,622 | #9 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #1,203 of 4,628 | #26 of 78 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #2,471 of 4,789 | #20 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #1,123 of 1,307 | #24 of 28 |
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
857
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 857 | 64.9 | 13.2:1 | 72% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 60.5 | 14.4:1 | 70% (611) |
| 2022-23 | 901 | 58.9 | 15.3:1 | 68% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 846 | 57 | 14.8:1 | 63% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 50% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 1,010 | 60 | 16.8:1 | 54% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 938 | 55 | 17.1:1 | 58% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 973 | 51 | 19.1:1 | 12% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 36 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (833 to 857); teachers up 27% (51 to 64.9).
About Ford Elementary School
Ford Elementary School is a public large elementary school in SPRING, Texas. A federal count lists 857 students at the school, in pre-K through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 65% above that.
Ford Elementary School is one school in CONROE ISD, a system of 66 schools with 72,914 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Ford Elementary School, at 54%. The next largest groups are 21% Black, 19% White, and 4% multiracial. In Montgomery County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Ford Elementary School is 64.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.2:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
Ford Elementary School is 3.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (46.8% versus 43.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Montgomery County (population about 684,432), the median household income is $97,701, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Ford Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Vogel Intermediate School, at about 1.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ford Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Ford Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 846 in 2020-21 and 857 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.8:1 to 13.2:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONROE ISD
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
Other schools in SPRING
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- York Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,009 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Cox Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
Other Ford Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ford Elementary. Ford Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Ford Elementary SchoolAcworth, GA · 750 students
- Ford ElementaryCENTENNIAL, CO · 653 students
- Ford ElementaryLaurens, SC · 423 students
- Ford ElementaryRichmond, CA · 371 students
- Ford ElementaryTUCSON, AZ · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Vogel Intermediate School1.0 mi · 953
- Knox Junior High School1.9 mi · 1,395
- Wilkerson Intermediate School2.0 mi · 711
- Hailey Elementary School2.0 mi · 592
- Lamar Elementary School2.0 mi · 759
- Kaufman Elementary School2.1 mi · 859
Frequently asked questions
About Ford Elementary SchoolHow large is Ford Elementary School?
Ford Elementary School enrolls approximately 857 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Ford Elementary School serve?
Ford Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Ford Elementary School have?
Ford Elementary School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Ford Elementary School?
Ford Elementary School reports a student body of 19% White, 54% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ford Elementary School?
Ford Elementary School is overseen by CONROE ISD in Montgomery County.
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