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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANGLETON ISD·NCES 480831021127
Frontier Elementary School
5200 AIRLINE DR, ANGLETON, TX 77515 · (979) 864-8005 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
217 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Based on grade levels within ANGLETON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 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 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Frontier Elementary School
Frontier Elementary School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Elementary School this school | 430 | 50.5% | 53.3% |
| Solar Prep for Boys at John F Kennedy DALLAS | 449 | 49.4% | 55.9% |
| Geneva Heights Elementary School DALLAS | 380 | 48.7% | 44.6% |
| Ray Elementary School WAXAHACHIE | 386 | 49.7% | 48.4% |
| Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy ARLINGTON | 435 | 50.8% | 45.6% |
| Calder Road Elementary School DICKINSON | 534 | 54.5% | 62.8% |
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 Frontier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,181 of 4,401 | #26 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,918 of 4,466 ▼ 876 | #42 of 52 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,698 of 4,466 ▼ 308 | #37 of 52 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #733 of 3,998 | #12 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #3,224 of 4,938 | #46 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,377 of 4,622 | #11 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #903 of 4,628 | #17 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #3,563 of 4,789 | #35 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #1,229 of 1,307 | #13 of 14 |
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
430
-57 (-12%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 430 | 31.1 | 13.8:1 | 50% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 31.1 | 14.8:1 | 53% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 32.3 | 13.8:1 | 53% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 60% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 60% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 62% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 56% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 52% (242) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frontier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (425 to 430); teachers up 20% (26 to 31.1).
About Frontier Elementary School
Frontier Elementary School is an elementary school in ANGLETON, Texas, reachable at (979) 864-8005. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 430 students.
Frontier Elementary School falls under ANGLETON ISD, which has 10 schools enrolling 7,105 students.
Hispanic students make up 43% of enrollment at Frontier Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% White, 19% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Brazoria County overall, about 32% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frontier Elementary School is 13.8:1, based on 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Frontier Elementary School counts 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Brazoria County average a similar 50%.
Frontier Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.3% is 1.1 points above the 52.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Brazoria County, where the median household earns about $97,993 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Brazoria County, 115 public schools serve about 75,767 students.
Frontier Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Rancho Isabella Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Frontier Elementary School is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 430, compared with 487 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
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Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ANGLETON ISD
- Angleton High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
- Angleton J H SchoolMiddle · 1,567 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,029 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Rancho Isabella Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other schools in ANGLETON
- Angleton High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
- Angleton J H SchoolMiddle · 1,567 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,029 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Rancho Isabella Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other Frontier Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Frontier Elementary. Frontier Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Frontier Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 846 students
- Frontier Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 809 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLOXAHATCHEE, FL · 688 students
- Frontier ElementaryHanford, CA · 619 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 542 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Isabella Elementary School0.6 mi · 464
- Angleton J H School1.1 mi · 1,567
- Angleton High School1.1 mi · 2,225
- Northside Elementary School2.0 mi · 479
- Central Elementary School2.7 mi · 533
- Brazoria Co Juvenile Detention2.7 mi · 33
Frequently asked questions
About Frontier Elementary SchoolHow large is Frontier Elementary School?
Frontier Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
Is Frontier Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frontier Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Frontier Elementary School have?
Frontier Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Frontier Elementary School?
Frontier Elementary School reports a student body of 34% White, 43% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Frontier Elementary School?
Frontier Elementary School is overseen by ANGLETON ISD in Brazoria County.
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