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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025001982
Galena Park Elementary School
401 N MAIN, GALENA PARK, TX 77547 · (832) 386-1670 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
505 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 36.0% | 25.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Galena Park Elementary School
Galena Park Elementary School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Park Elementary School this school | 588 | 85.9% | 48.6% |
| Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep HOUSTON | 583 | 84.9% | 56.6% |
| Houston Gateway Academy HOUSTON | 613 | 85.6% | 59.6% |
| Woodlawn Academy SAN ANTONIO | 595 | 85.5% | 26.2% |
| Crain Elementary School VICTORIA | 561 | 85.4% | 24.9% |
| IDEA Quest Academy EDINBURG | 592 | 86.7% | 54.8% |
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 Galena Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #1,566 of 4,401 | #187 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,395 of 4,466 ▲ 212 | #178 of 625 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,528 of 4,466 ▼ 109 | #186 of 625 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,251 of 3,998 | #184 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #1,704 of 4,938 | #359 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,541 of 4,622 | #220 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #4,088 of 4,628 | #608 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #1,489 of 4,789 | #339 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #2,655 of 2,838 | #418 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
588
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 588 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 86% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 41.6 | 14.5:1 | 86% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 88% (525) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 89% (512) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 85% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 88% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 86% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 82% (574) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 36 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galena Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (603 to 588); teachers up 8% (39 to 42).
About Galena Park Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Galena Park Elementary School serves students in GALENA PARK, Texas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 588 students on the rolls.
Galena Park Elementary School reports to GALENA PARK ISD, which has 26 schools and 20,862 students.
Of every 100 students at Galena Park Elementary School, about 95 are Hispanic. Other students are 3% Black. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at Galena Park Elementary School are from different groups.
With 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Galena Park Elementary School, 86% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Galena Park Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Texas public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Galena Park Elementary School is 37.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.6%.
In the surrounding county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Galena Park Elementary School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Galena Park Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Galena Park Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Galena Park Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 574 students in 2020-21 and 588 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.1:1 to 14.0:1.
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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 GALENA PARK ISD
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Galena Park High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- North Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,299 students
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusMiddle · 991 students
- North Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
Other schools in GALENA PARK
- Galena Park High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Macarthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Galena Park Middle School0.1 mi · 896
- Galena Park High School0.3 mi · 1,815
- Macarthur Elementary School0.7 mi · 556
- Jacinto City Elementary School2.1 mi · 689
- Pyburn Elementary School2.2 mi · 454
- Pasadena High School2.4 mi · 2,217
Frequently asked questions
About Galena Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Galena Park Elementary School?
Galena Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 588 students in grades PK-05.
Is Galena Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Galena Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Galena Park Elementary School have?
Galena Park Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Galena Park Elementary School?
Galena Park Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Galena Park Elementary School in?
Galena Park Elementary School is part of GALENA PARK ISD.
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