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Enrollment
876
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122012370
Gloria Marshall Elementary School
24505 BIRNAMWOOD DR, SPRING, TX 77373 · (281) 891-4900 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
658 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 90 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gloria Marshall Elementary School
Gloria Marshall Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloria Marshall Elementary School this school | 876 | 75.1% | 26.8% |
| Chet Burchett Elementary School SPRING | 982 | 73.9% | 29.6% |
| Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology-Houston HOUSTON | 742 | 75.1% | 50.3% |
| Sheridan Elementary School KATY | 919 | 80.1% | 37.8% |
| Pat Reynolds Elementary School HOUSTON | 877 | 79.6% | 32.6% |
| Cypresswood Elementary School HUMBLE | 737 | 79.8% | 28.3% |
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 Gloria Marshall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,936 of 4,401 | #572 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,703 of 4,466 ▼ 189 | #547 of 625 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,023 of 4,466 ▼ 109 | #578 of 625 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,301 of 3,998 | #356 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #242 of 4,938 | #83 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,213 of 4,622 | #425 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #1,392 of 4,628 | #179 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #2,269 of 4,789 | #451 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.3% | #495 of 1,307 | #50 of 148 |
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
876
+148 (+20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 876 | 55.1 | 15.9:1 | 75% (658) |
| 2023-24 | 874 | 55.6 | 15.7:1 | 80% (699) |
| 2022-23 | 953 | 55.6 | 17.1:1 | 81% (772) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 84% (614) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 47.8 | 15.6:1 | 69% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 67% (467) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gloria Marshall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (747 to 876); teachers up 15% (47.8 to 55.1).
About Gloria Marshall Elementary School
Gloria Marshall Elementary School is an elementary school in SPRING, Texas, and it is part of SPRING ISD. The school enrolls 876 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 69% above average.
Gloria Marshall Elementary School is one school in a 42-school district, SPRING ISD, which enrolls 33,678 students.
About 48% of students at Gloria Marshall Elementary School are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 40% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Staffing at Gloria Marshall Elementary School comes to 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Gloria Marshall Elementary School counts 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Gloria Marshall Elementary School posts 26.8% against a 41.6% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Texas.
In the surrounding county, Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Smith Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Gloria Marshall Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Gloria Marshall Elementary School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Gloria Marshall Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 20%, from 728 to 876. The school's ratio increased from 14.9:1 to 15.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Gloria Marshall Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
Other schools in SPRING
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- York Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,009 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Cox Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
Nearby schools
- Smith Elementary School0.7 mi · 624
- Rickey C Bailey Middle School0.9 mi · 982
- Chet Burchett Elementary School0.9 mi · 982
- Twin Creeks Middle School1.1 mi · 848
- Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School1.2 mi · 630
- Sam Houston State University Charter School1.3 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Gloria Marshall Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gloria Marshall Elementary School?
Gloria Marshall Elementary School enrolls approximately 876 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gloria Marshall Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gloria Marshall Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Gloria Marshall Elementary School have?
Gloria Marshall Elementary School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gloria Marshall Elementary School?
At Gloria Marshall Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 48% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Gloria Marshall Elementary School public or private?
Gloria Marshall Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRING ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.