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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 598 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC·NCES 480011808242
Houston Gateway Academy
3400 EVERGREEN DR, HOUSTON, TX 77087 · (713) 649-2706 · Harris County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-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.
- FThree-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
18.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
525 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 76 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 74.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.0% | 83.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Gateway Academy
Houston Gateway Academy's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Gateway Academy this school | 613 | 85.6% | 59.6% |
| Galena Park Elementary School GALENA PARK | 588 | 85.9% | 48.6% |
| Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep HOUSTON | 583 | 84.9% | 56.6% |
| Mission Valley Elementary School EL PASO | 604 | 86.4% | 35.3% |
| Dr Fermin Calderon Elementary School DEL RIO | 623 | 84.9% | 32.8% |
| Woodlawn Academy SAN ANTONIO | 595 | 85.5% | 26.2% |
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 Houston Gateway Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #783 of 4,401 | #85 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,622 of 4,466 ▼ 989 | #209 of 625 ▼ 146 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,458 of 4,466 ▼ 1,303 | #330 of 625 ▼ 209 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -21.0pp | #59 of 3,998 | #3 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #1,510 of 4,938 | #333 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #4,213 of 4,622 | #591 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #4,203 of 4,628 | #628 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #1,512 of 4,789 | #344 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #1,782 of 2,838 | #306 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
613
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 613 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 86% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 31.9 | 20.2:1 | 87% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 28 | 23.0:1 | 88% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 33 | 19.6:1 | 92% (597) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 97% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 96% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 483 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 95% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 700 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 66% (460) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Gateway Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (703 to 613); teachers down 11% (38 to 34).
About Houston Gateway Academy
Students in HOUSTON, Texas, attend Houston Gateway Academy, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 613 students enrolled.
Across its 3 schools, HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC enrolls 2,157 students. Houston Gateway Academy is one of those schools.
At Houston Gateway Academy, Hispanic students make up 96% of the student body. The school is also 2% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. Houston Gateway Academy has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.0 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
allk12 grades Houston Gateway Academy an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Houston Gateway Academy scores 22.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 59.6% actual versus 37.1% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
Of nearby public schools, Golfcrest Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Houston Gateway Academy is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Houston Gateway Academy falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Houston Gateway Academy had 648 students in 2020-21 and 613 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.6:1 in 2020-21, and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Houston Gateway Academy covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC
- Houston Gateway Academy - Coral CampusCombined · 961 students
- Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College PrepElementary · 583 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
- Golfcrest Elementary School0.4 mi · 372
- Crespo Elementary School0.5 mi · 526
- Sanchez Elementary School0.8 mi · 378
- Pstem Academy0.9 mi · 482
- Early College STEM Academy0.9 mi · 275
- Early College T-STEM Academy0.9 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Gateway AcademyHow large is Houston Gateway Academy?
Houston Gateway Academy enrolls approximately 613 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Houston Gateway Academy serve?
Houston Gateway Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Houston Gateway Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houston Gateway Academy is approximately 18.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houston Gateway Academy?
At Houston Gateway Academy, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is Houston Gateway Academy in?
Houston Gateway Academy is part of HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.