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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000322
Houston Elementary School
5409 PONCIANA DR, AUSTIN, TX 78744 · (512) 414-2517 · Travis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
457 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 82% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
25.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 49.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 17.0% | 22.0% | 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 | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Houston Elementary School
Houston Elementary School's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Elementary School this school | 496 | 92.1% | 19.3% |
| Crow Leadership Academy ARLINGTON | 500 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Black Elementary School HOUSTON | 488 | 90.4% | 27.0% |
| Maverick Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 518 | 90.9% | 32.0% |
| Shadow Oaks Elementary School HOUSTON | 487 | 93.0% | 36.1% |
| Wooldridge Elementary School AUSTIN | 462 | 93.7% | 10.5% |
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 Houston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #4,298 of 4,401 | #149 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,973 of 4,466 ▲ 314 | #135 of 176 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,391 of 4,466 ▲ 59 | #169 of 176 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,395 of 3,998 | #102 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,588 of 4,938 | #97 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #150 of 4,622 | #20 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #3,842 of 4,628 | #162 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #823 of 4,789 | #27 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #963 of 2,838 | #47 of 120 |
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
496
+69 (+16%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 496 | 44.4 | 11.2:1 | 92% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 46 | 10.9:1 | 93% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 40.8 | 12.9:1 | 92% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 41 | 10.4:1 | 93% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 44.9 | 14.3:1 | 93% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 95% (671) |
| 2010-11 | 922 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 95% (880) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 56 | 14.5:1 | 84% (682) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 42 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (642 to 496); teachers down 1% (44.9 to 44.4).
About Houston Elementary School
Houston Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. It teaches 496 students in pre-K through 6.
Houston Elementary School is a school in AUSTIN ISD. The district has 123 schools and 72,272 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Houston Elementary School is Hispanic, at 91%. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black. Among all residents of Travis County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
On staff are 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Houston Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 92%. Across public schools in Travis County, the average is 54%.
Test results at Houston Elementary School are 15.1 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.3%, compared with a predicted 34.3%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Texas.
The school is in Travis County, where median household income comes to about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Travis County's 333 public schools enroll about 191,706 students and include Houston Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Uphaus Early Childhood Center is about 0.3 miles from Houston Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Houston Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 16%.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Houston Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Other Houston Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 5 states are named Houston Elementary. Houston Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 14.
- Houston Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 741 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 689 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolLANCASTER, TX · 613 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolDENTON, TX · 537 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Uphaus Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 246
- KIPP Austin Beacon Prep0.4 mi · 393
- KIPP Austin Brave0.4 mi · 490
- KIPP Austin Obras0.4 mi · 373
- Rodriguez Elementary School0.5 mi · 372
- Wayside Real Learning Academy0.9 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Houston Elementary School?
Houston Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Houston Elementary School serve?
Houston Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Houston Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houston Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Houston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Houston Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Houston Elementary School in?
Houston Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.