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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003825
Gardens Elementary School
1107 HARRIS AVE, PASADENA, TX 77506 · (713) 740-0576 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
352 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 54 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (75).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 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 | 17.0% | 21.0% | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Gardens Elementary School
Gardens Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardens Elementary School this school | 382 | 92.1% | 33.0% |
| Sparks Elementary School PASADENA | 370 | 92.4% | 54.0% |
| KIPP Austin Obras AUSTIN | 373 | 92.8% | 29.8% |
| Gibson Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 421 | 91.7% | 29.4% |
| Allison Elementary School AUSTIN | 362 | 91.2% | 27.3% |
| Stanton Elementary School EL PASO | 366 | 92.1% | 27.1% |
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 Gardens Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,375 of 4,401 | #481 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,864 of 4,466 ▼ 369 | #570 of 625 ▼ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,867 of 4,466 ▼ 252 | #557 of 625 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,092 of 3,998 | #151 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #3,636 of 4,938 | #561 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #163 of 4,622 | #28 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #3,766 of 4,628 | #556 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #822 of 4,789 | #202 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.2% | #77 of 2,838 | #25 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
382
-142 (-27%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 904
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 382 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 92% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 38.7 | 11.0:1 | 95% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 41.2 | 10.9:1 | 94% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 93% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 50.9 | 14.2:1 | 89% (647) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 87% (576) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 42 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 861 | 52 | 16.6:1 | 82% (703) |
| 1990-91 | 904 | 44 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gardens Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (724 to 382); teachers down 33% (50.9 to 34).
About Gardens Elementary School
Gardens Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in PASADENA, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 382 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
PASADENA ISD runs 67 schools with a combined 46,491 students. Gardens Elementary School is one of them.
At Gardens Elementary School, 89% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 6% White and 4% Black. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gardens Elementary School scores 20%.
Gardens Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.2:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 3.9 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 92% at Gardens Elementary School. On average, public schools in Harris County report 70%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gardens Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 33.0% actual against 34.3% predicted.
In Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Harris County counts 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Gardens Elementary School from the closest public school, Jackson Intermediate School. The five-mile area around Gardens Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Gardens Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 33.0% versus a 40.0% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment fell 27% over 4 years, reaching 382 in 2024-25. The ratio was 12.5:1 in 2020-21 and 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Gardens Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gardens Elementary. Gardens Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Gardens Elementary SchoolMARYSVILLE, MI · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Intermediate School0.2 mi · 527
- Bobby Shaw Middle School0.7 mi · 655
- Red Bluff Elementary School0.7 mi · 476
- Pomeroy Elementary School0.8 mi · 769
- Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena0.9 mi · 123
- Kruse Elementary School1.0 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Gardens Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gardens Elementary School?
Gardens Elementary School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-04.
Is Gardens Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gardens Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Gardens Elementary School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Gardens Elementary School.
How diverse is Gardens Elementary School?
Gardens Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 89% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Gardens Elementary School public or private?
Gardens Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
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