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FROSTWOOD EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 83 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 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FROSTWOOD EL
FROSTWOOD EL is one of the sprawling elementary schools in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within SPRING BRANCH ISD, with 838 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 61% above typical.
Within SPRING BRANCH ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 33,793 students, FROSTWOOD EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, FROSTWOOD EL records that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest consists of 26% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, FROSTWOOD EL shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, FROSTWOOD EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.5%; this one delivers 81.1%.
Zooming out to the county, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), FROSTWOOD EL is one campus in the mix.
BUNKER HILL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FROSTWOOD EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.7%.
FROSTWOOD EL operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. FROSTWOOD EL's enrollment has ticked up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 707 (now 838).
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