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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT ARTHUR ISD·NCES 483540004003
Houston Elementary School
3245 36TH ST, PORT ARTHUR, TX 77642 · (409) 984-4800 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- B+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
13.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
611 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 | 54 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 32.0% | 24.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Houston Elementary School
Houston Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Elementary School this school | 689 | 88.7% | 45.0% |
| Uplift Luna Prep PS DALLAS | 719 | 89.2% | 24.9% |
| Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School HOUSTON | 736 | 87.6% | 16.2% |
| Uplift Atlas Prep PS DALLAS | 643 | 89.9% | 33.5% |
| Hill Elementary School HOUSTON | 646 | 87.8% | 33.2% |
| Uplift Grand Prep PS GRAND PRAIRIE | 727 | 86.8% | 30.3% |
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 Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,964 of 4,401 | #11 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #718 of 4,466 ▲ 599 | #6 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,775 of 4,466 ▲ 175 | #10 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,339 of 3,998 | #7 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #988 of 4,938 | #7 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #908 of 4,622 | #3 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #3,201 of 4,628 | #31 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #1,214 of 4,789 | #18 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #603 of 1,307 | #10 of 16 |
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
689
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 689 | 52.4 | 13.2:1 | 89% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 748 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 89% (663) |
| 2022-23 | 728 | 49.9 | 14.6:1 | 90% (656) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 48 | 14.1:1 | 86% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 44.2 | 13.7:1 | 80% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 73% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 1,055 | 61 | 17.3:1 | 84% (884) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 78% (591) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 33 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (606 to 689); teachers up 19% (44.2 to 52.4).
About Houston Elementary School
Among the schools in PORT ARTHUR, Texas, is Houston Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 689 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 33% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Houston Elementary School falls under PORT ARTHUR ISD, which has 13 schools enrolling 8,041 students.
The largest group at Houston Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 78%. Other students are 16% Black. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 24% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houston Elementary School is 13.2:1, based on 52.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Houston Elementary School counts 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, Houston Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school with Houston Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 35.8%. Houston Elementary School scores 45.0%, 9.2 points above that line.
In the wider Jefferson County area, the median household earns about $60,026 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 92 public schools serve about 42,825 students.
Houston Elementary School's nearest public school is Bob Hope School (about 0.7 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Houston Elementary School places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (677) and 2024-25 (689).
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Houston Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,878
Census ACS
Median income
$60,026
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PORT ARTHUR ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Tyrrell Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
Other schools in PORT ARTHUR
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Tyrrell Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Bob Hope School - El CampusElementary · 650 students
- Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 619 students
Other Houston Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 5 states are named Houston Elementary. Houston Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 14.
- Houston Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 741 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolLANCASTER, TX · 613 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolDENTON, TX · 537 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 496 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Bob Hope School0.7 mi · 473
- Bob Hope School - El Campus1.0 mi · 650
- Tyrrell Elementary School1.1 mi · 670
- Bob Hope High School1.2 mi · 555
- Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary School1.3 mi · 644
- Jefferson Middle School1.9 mi · 857
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Elementary SchoolHow large is Houston Elementary School?
Houston Elementary School enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Houston Elementary School serve?
Houston Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Houston Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Houston Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Houston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Houston Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 78% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Houston Elementary School public or private?
Houston Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PORT ARTHUR ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.