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GRAND OAKS EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout GRAND OAKS EL
GRAND OAKS EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community in TOMBALL, Texas, operated by TOMBALL ISD. The school teaches 548 students in grades pre-K through 4.
GRAND OAKS EL is one of 23 schools operated by TOMBALL ISD, a district that hosts 22,913 students overall.
On the student-mix side, GRAND OAKS EL logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GRAND OAKS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Harris County's rate of about 70%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GRAND OAKS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 65.5%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which GRAND OAKS EL is one.
GRAND LAKES J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRAND OAKS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAND OAKS EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.0%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
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