GALATAS EL

Located at 9001 COCHRANS CROSSING DR, in THE WOODLANDS, Texas, GALATAS EL is an expansive K-5 school that educates 792 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of CONROE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 53% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

CONROE ISD runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 72,914 students. GALATAS EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, GALATAS EL logs that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, GALATAS EL shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GALATAS EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 10% of students at GALATAS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, GALATAS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.5%, the actual is 83.0%, a residual of +13.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which GALATAS EL is one.

The closest other public school is POWELL EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GALATAS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 76.1%.

GALATAS EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GALATAS EL has increased 24%, going from 639 students in 2018 to 792 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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