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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122012252
Helen Major Elementary School
16855 SUGAR PINE DR, HOUSTON, TX 77090 · (281) 891-8870 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
535 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 | 69 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
56%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
23.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 14.0% | 25.0% | 52.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% | 49.0% |
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 | 23.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Helen Major Elementary School
Helen Major Elementary School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Major Elementary School this school | 567 | 94.4% | 29.9% |
| Ralph Eickenroht Elementary School HOUSTON | 574 | 91.8% | 26.6% |
| H S Thompson Learning Center DALLAS | 545 | 98.7% | 23.9% |
| Hoyland Elementary School HOUSTON | 617 | 92.1% | 32.1% |
| Charles Acton Leadershp Academy DALLAS | 537 | 88.1% | 29.6% |
| Caldwood Elementary School BEAUMONT | 694 | 92.1% | 25.8% |
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 Helen Major Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,675 of 4,401 | #530 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,491 of 4,466 ▼ 398 | #522 of 625 ▼ 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,427 of 4,466 ▼ 372 | #625 of 625 ▼ 56 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #358 of 3,998 | #43 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #1,892 of 4,938 | #391 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #3,895 of 4,622 | #536 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #1,836 of 4,628 | #239 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #582 of 4,789 | #154 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #1,104 of 2,838 | #206 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
567
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 567 | 33.3 | 17.0:1 | 94% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 38.9 | 14.3:1 | 96% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 41.5 | 12.6:1 | 96% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 96% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 77% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 807 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 74% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 90% (474) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Helen Major Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (717 to 567); teachers down 28% (46 to 33.3).
About Helen Major Elementary School
In HOUSTON, Texas, Helen Major Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 567 students.
SPRING ISD serves 33,678 students across 42 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Helen Major Elementary School is Hispanic, with 48% of students. Next come 46% Black and 4% multiracial. In Harris County overall, the Hispanic share is about 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Helen Major Elementary School scores 56%.
Teacher count: 33.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.0:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Roughly 94% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 24 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Helen Major Elementary School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Helen Major Elementary School is 33.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.9%.
The school's county is Harris County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Helen Major Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Ponderosa Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Helen Major Elementary School is ahead of the 25.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Helen Major Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 567, starting from 560. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.9:1 to 17.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Helen Major Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 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
- Ponderosa Elementary School0.6 mi · 740
- Westfield High School0.7 mi · 2,264
- Arrow Academy - Champions Academy0.7 mi · 66
- The School for International Studies at Bammel0.9 mi · 88
- Bammel Middle School0.9 mi · 783
- Bammel Elementary School1.2 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About Helen Major Elementary SchoolHow large is Helen Major Elementary School?
Helen Major Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-05.
Is Helen Major Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Helen Major Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Helen Major Elementary School have?
Helen Major Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Helen Major Elementary School?
Student demographics at Helen Major Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 48% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Helen Major Elementary School public or private?
Helen Major 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.