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Enrollment
782
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALIEF ISD·NCES 480783011887
Holmquist Elementary School
15040 WESTPARK DR, HOUSTON, TX 77082 · (281) 988-3024 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
722 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 147 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 152 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 164 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 164 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (147) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (154).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Holmquist Elementary School
Holmquist Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmquist Elementary School this school | 782 | 92.3% | 43.1% |
| Caldwood Elementary School BEAUMONT | 694 | 92.1% | 25.8% |
| Jones Ec/PK/K HUMBLE | 756 | 89.7% | N/A |
| KIPP Legacy Preparatory HOUSTON | 820 | 96.3% | 22.3% |
| IDEA Rise Academy FORT WORTH | 681 | 88.5% | 32.0% |
| Adams Elementary School ARLINGTON | 743 | 90.2% | 35.6% |
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 Holmquist Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #2,201 of 4,401 | #293 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,364 of 4,466 ▼ 285 | #332 of 625 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,093 of 4,466 ▼ 13 | #433 of 625 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #548 of 3,998 | #67 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #513 of 4,938 | #142 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #793 of 4,622 | #117 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #1,370 of 4,628 | #177 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #803 of 4,789 | #197 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #476 of 2,838 | #104 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
782
-154 (-16%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 1,081
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 782 | 60.4 | 13.0:1 | 92% (722) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 58.1 | 13.1:1 | 90% (689) |
| 2022-23 | 765 | 61.5 | 12.4:1 | 90% (688) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 78 | 12.0:1 | 87% (814) |
| 2017-18 | 1,127 | 74 | 15.2:1 | 81% (911) |
| 2015-16 | 1,182 | 81 | 14.6:1 | 79% (934) |
| 2010-11 | 1,081 | 65 | 16.6:1 | 80% (866) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holmquist Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (1,127 to 782); teachers down 18% (74 to 60.4).
About Holmquist Elementary School
Holmquist Elementary School is a large elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, under ALIEF ISD. Its grade span covers pre-K through 4, with 782 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 51% larger than that mark.
Holmquist Elementary School is run by ALIEF ISD, whose 46 schools enroll 38,610 students.
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Holmquist Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 41% Black, 6% White, and 6% Asian. That is in line with Harris County, where about 44% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 60.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Holmquist Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.0:1. The school's 13.0:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. By family income, 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 22 points lower.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Holmquist Elementary School is +8.8 points: 43.1% actual, 34.3% predicted.
In Harris County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Holmquist Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Miller Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Holmquist Elementary School at 4th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 936 students in 2020-21 to 782 in 2024-25.
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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 ALIEF ISD
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 2,838 students
- O'Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,214 students
- Budewig Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Olle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,025 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
- Miller Intermediate School0.2 mi · 793
- Houston Classical0.7 mi · 342
- Albright Middle School0.7 mi · 945
- Petrosky Elementary School1.0 mi · 515
- Rees Elementary School1.1 mi · 526
- Iltexas Westpark Middle School1.2 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Holmquist Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Holmquist Elementary School?
Holmquist Elementary School enrolls approximately 782 students in grades PK-04.
Is Holmquist Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holmquist Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holmquist Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holmquist Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holmquist Elementary School?
At Holmquist Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 47% Hispanic, 41% Black, 6% Asian.
Is Holmquist Elementary School public or private?
Holmquist Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALIEF ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.