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What's the biggest difference between HOOD-CASE EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVIN ISD·NCES 480809007527
Hood-Case Elementary School
1450 HTS RD, ALVIN, TX 77511 · (281) 585-5786 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- A-Three-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
14.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
472 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 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 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Hood-Case Elementary School
Hood-Case Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hood-Case Elementary School this school | 698 | 67.6% | 45.3% |
| Edward B Cannan Elementary School WILLIS | 714 | 69.5% | 36.3% |
| J L Lyon Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 762 | 65.2% | 55.1% |
| Sealy Elementary School SEALY | 694 | 66.3% | 53.5% |
| Willie E Williams Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 807 | 71.7% | 49.3% |
| Double Creek Elementary School JARRELL | 787 | 69.1% | 27.2% |
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 Hood-Case Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,930 of 4,401 | #42 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,725 of 4,466 ▲ 262 | #35 of 52 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,795 of 4,466 ▲ 292 | #39 of 52 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #777 of 3,998 | #13 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #930 of 4,938 | #18 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,049 of 4,622 | #22 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #2,469 of 4,628 | #46 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #2,686 of 4,789 | #18 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #1,052 of 1,307 | #11 of 14 |
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
698
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 698 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 68% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 45.9 | 15.0:1 | 70% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 46.5 | 15.4:1 | 69% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 68% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 50.8 | 13.2:1 | 69% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 69% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 46 | 16.8:1 | 70% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 757 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 54% (410) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hood-Case Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (672 to 698); teachers down 6% (50.8 to 48).
About Hood-Case Elementary School
The public elementary school Hood-Case Elementary School is located in ALVIN, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 698 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
District-wide, ALVIN ISD has 37 schools and 30,038 students.
More than half of the students at Hood-Case Elementary School are Hispanic (63%). Next come 32% White and 2% Black. That compares with about 32% Hispanic among all Brazoria County residents. The diversity index for Hood-Case Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Hood-Case Elementary School reported 48 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 68% of students at Hood-Case Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hood-Case Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 62% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hood-Case Elementary School, the prediction is 44.8% and the result is 45.3%.
For Brazoria County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,993 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Brazoria County number 115, with about 75,767 students.
G W Harby Junior High School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Hood-Case Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Hood-Case Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 45.3% versus a 47.9% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% rise, from 679 to 698. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.3:1 to 14.6:1.
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Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALVIN ISD
- Alvin High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Manvel High SchoolHigh · 2,238 students
- Iowa Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,781 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Rodeo Palms Junior High SchoolMiddle · 842 students
Other schools in ALVIN
- Alvin High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- G W Harby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Alvin Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Alvin Junior High SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Fairview Junior High SchoolMiddle · 644 students
Nearby schools
- G W Harby Junior High School0.1 mi · 781
- Fairview Junior High School1.1 mi · 644
- Melba Passmore Elementary School1.3 mi · 592
- Rise1.4 mi · 116
- Alvin High School1.4 mi · 2,766
- Bill Hasse Elementary School2.0 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Hood-Case Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hood-Case Elementary School?
Hood-Case Elementary School enrolls approximately 698 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hood-Case Elementary School serve?
Hood-Case Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hood-Case Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Hood-Case Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hood-Case Elementary School?
At Hood-Case Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 63% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Hood-Case Elementary School public or private?
Hood-Case Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALVIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.