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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONROE ISD·NCES 481500008993
Houser Elementary School
27370 OAK RDG SCHOOL RD, CONROE, TX 77385 · (832) 663-4000 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
12.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
392 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 130 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (88).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 24.0% | 31.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Houser Elementary School
Houser Elementary School's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houser Elementary School this school | 588 | 66.7% | 54.1% |
| Rice Elementary School CONROE | 602 | 65.8% | 44.5% |
| South Knoll Elementary School COLLEGE STATION | 560 | 69.1% | 47.1% |
| Hughes Road Elementary School DICKINSON | 585 | 66.3% | 40.0% |
| Kohrville Elementary School KLEIN | 671 | 64.1% | 46.2% |
| Roth Elementary School KLEIN | 683 | 65.6% | 47.6% |
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 Houser Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #1,128 of 4,401 | #37 of 77 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,206 of 4,466 ▲ 229 | #32 of 77 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,540 of 4,466 ▼ 1,650 | #66 of 77 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,188 of 3,998 | #36 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #1,699 of 4,938 | #66 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #350 of 4,622 | #1 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #873 of 4,628 | #11 of 78 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #2,739 of 4,789 | #27 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #577 of 2,838 | #5 of 37 |
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
588
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 588 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 67% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 51 | 12.1:1 | 65% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 70% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 64% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 51.6 | 16.0:1 | 53% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 867 | 53 | 16.4:1 | 57% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 61% (434) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houser Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (824 to 588); teachers down 5% (51.6 to 49).
About Houser Elementary School
Houser Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in CONROE, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 588 students.
The 66 schools in CONROE ISD enroll 72,914 students altogether, Houser Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students make up 49% of enrollment at Houser Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 26% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Montgomery County residents. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Houser Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 12.0:1 is based on 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 48% for public schools in Montgomery County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Houser Elementary School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
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 Houser Elementary School, the prediction is 45.2% and the result is 54.1%.
In the wider Montgomery County area, the median household earns about $97,701 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Houser Elementary School shares Montgomery County with 159 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Oak Ridge High School is about 0.4 miles from Houser Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Houser Elementary School is behind the 54.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
Houser Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment increased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 13.5 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONROE ISD
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
Other schools in CONROE
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Suchma Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,428 students
- Moorhead Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,379 students
- Donald J Stockton JHMiddle · 1,367 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Ridge High School0.4 mi · 2,758
- Oak Ridge Elementary School0.6 mi · 608
- Lamar Elementary School1.2 mi · 759
- Nexus - Woodlands1.3 mi · 13
- Vogel Intermediate School1.4 mi · 953
- Quest Collegiate Academy - Shenandoah1.9 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Houser Elementary SchoolHow large is Houser Elementary School?
Houser Elementary School enrolls approximately 588 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Houser Elementary School serve?
Houser Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Houser Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houser Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houser Elementary School?
At Houser Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 49% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Houser Elementary School in?
Houser Elementary School is part of CONROE ISD.
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