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Which teacher or staff member at H M CARROLL EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELDON ISD·NCES 483999011827
H M Carroll Elementary School
10210 C E KING PKWY, HOUSTON, TX 77044 · (281) 727-4100 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
460 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (75) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 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 | 22.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 H M Carroll Elementary School
H M Carroll Elementary School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H M Carroll Elementary School this school | 536 | 85.8% | 38.0% |
| Travis Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 543 | 87.1% | 24.6% |
| Sheldon Early Childhood Academy HOUSTON | 562 | 83.1% | N/A |
| Caraway Elementary School HOUSTON | 553 | 89.3% | 15.8% |
| Nitsch Elementary School KLEIN | 612 | 87.7% | 62.6% |
| Harmony School of Endeavor-Houston HOUSTON | 561 | 90.2% | 28.4% |
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 H M Carroll Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,843 of 4,401 | #392 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,020 of 4,466 ▲ 68 | #439 of 625 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,065 of 4,466 ▼ 301 | #424 of 625 ▼ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.5pp | #438 of 3,998 | #53 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #2,171 of 4,938 | #429 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,990 of 4,622 | #269 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #2,712 of 4,628 | #374 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #1,495 of 4,789 | #340 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #354 of 2,838 | #86 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
536
-51 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 760
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 536 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 86% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 34.2 | 17.6:1 | 89% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 89% (516) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 83% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 46.7 | 17.3:1 | 80% (642) |
| 2015-16 | 862 | 52 | 16.6:1 | 82% (706) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | 49 | 15.5:1 | 85% (643) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H M Carroll Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (807 to 536); teachers down 21% (46.7 to 37).
About H M Carroll Elementary School
This page covers H M Carroll Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The grade span is 1 through 5, and enrollment is 536 students.
District-wide, SHELDON ISD has 14 schools and 10,946 students.
At 67%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at H M Carroll Elementary School combined. The school is also 29% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. H M Carroll Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.5:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 86%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades H M Carroll Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.0%. H M Carroll Elementary School scores 38.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
The shortest distance from H M Carroll Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Sheldon Lake Elementary School. The five-mile area around H M Carroll Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 38.0% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns H M Carroll 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.
The student count in 2024-25 was 536, 9% below the 587 of 2020-21.
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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 SHELDON ISD
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
- C E King Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,359 students
- Michael R Null Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- L E Monahan Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Sheldon Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Royalwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Sheldon Lake Elementary School0.9 mi · 622
- L E Monahan Elementary School0.9 mi · 635
- C E King High School0.9 mi · 3,716
- Stephanie Cravens Early Childhood1.2 mi · 556
- Michael R Null Middle School1.3 mi · 1,050
- C E King Middle School1.4 mi · 1,359
Frequently asked questions
About H M Carroll Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at H M Carroll Elementary School?
H M Carroll Elementary School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades 01-05.
Is H M Carroll Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
H M Carroll Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at H M Carroll Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at H M Carroll Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at H M Carroll Elementary School?
At H M Carroll Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 67% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees H M Carroll Elementary School?
H M Carroll Elementary School is overseen by SHELDON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.