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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HOLLIBROOK EL this year?
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Enrollment
636
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004674
HOLLIBROOK EL
3602 HOLLISTER, HOUSTON, TX 77080 · (713) 251-5800 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
632 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
636
-127 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.9:1
% White
2%
was 0%
% Hispanic
95%
was 99%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HOLLIBROOK EL
HOLLIBROOK EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under SPRING BRANCH ISD. The school works with 636 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 519.
SPRING BRANCH ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,793 students; HOLLIBROOK EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, HOLLIBROOK EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at HOLLIBROOK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HOLLIBROOK EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.3%; actual is 45.5%, +14.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. HOLLIBROOK EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
The closest other public school is THE PANDA PATH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOLLIBROOK EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.
HOLLIBROOK EL operates from a downtown location.
Five-year trend. HOLLIBROOK EL's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 763 (now 636). Class-load math has loosened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 BRANCH ISD
- MEMORIAL H SHigh · 2,636 students
- NORTHBROOK H SHigh · 2,398 students
- STRATFORD H SHigh · 2,394 students
- SPRING WOODS H SHigh · 2,020 students
- MEMORIAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,236 students
- SPRING BRANCH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,137 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- THE PANDA PATH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 161
- EDGEWOOD EL0.4 mi · 503
- CEDAR BROOK EL1.0 mi · 654
- BUFFALO CREEK EL1.1 mi · 741
- LANDRUM MIDDLE1.2 mi · 698
- THE LION LANE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About HOLLIBROOK ELHow large is HOLLIBROOK EL?
HOLLIBROOK EL enrolls approximately 636 students in grades PK-05.
Is HOLLIBROOK EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOLLIBROOK EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HOLLIBROOK EL have?
HOLLIBROOK EL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at HOLLIBROOK EL?
Student demographics at HOLLIBROOK EL are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees HOLLIBROOK EL?
HOLLIBROOK EL is overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.