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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 598 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC·NCES 480011812767
Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep
7310 BOWIE, HOUSTON, TX 77012 · (713) 644-8292 · Harris County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 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.
- DThree-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
21.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
495 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 | 85 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
9%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
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 33.0% | 17.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 81.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 19 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 Inc Elite College Prep
Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep this school | 583 | 84.9% | 56.6% |
| Galena Park Elementary School GALENA PARK | 588 | 85.9% | 48.6% |
| Houston Gateway Academy HOUSTON | 613 | 85.6% | 59.6% |
| Woodlawn Academy SAN ANTONIO | 595 | 85.5% | 26.2% |
| Alfred Sorensen Elementary School SAN JUAN | 583 | 84.6% | 48.1% |
| Hueco Elementary School EL PASO | 573 | 85.5% | 41.8% |
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 Inc Elite College Prep ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #959 of 4,401 | #102 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #446 of 4,466 ▼ 63 | #46 of 625 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #861 of 4,466 ▲ 14 | #94 of 625 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #618 of 3,998 | #76 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #1,740 of 4,938 | #366 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #4,532 of 4,622 | #642 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #4,146 of 4,628 | #618 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #1,564 of 4,789 | #353 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #1,042 of 2,838 | #200 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
583
-80 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 583 | 27.1 | 21.5:1 | 85% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 26 | 22.5:1 | 91% (532) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 26 | 22.0:1 | 86% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 30 | 22.1:1 | 90% (595) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 92% (688) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 89% (572) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (745 to 583); teachers down 32% (40 to 27.1).
About Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep
Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep is an elementary school with a street address in HOUSTON, Texas. The latest federal count shows 583 students in pre-K through 8.
HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC has 3 schools; together they serve 2,157 students.
Hispanic students make up 95% of enrollment at Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep. Next come 3% Black. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep is 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 21.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 85% of students, or 495, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
allk12 grades Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Texas with Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 37.4%. Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep scores 56.6%.
Harris County has about 4,838,303 residents, and the median household income is $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
The nearest public school is Houston Gateway Academy - Coral Campus, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.8%, lower than Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep's 56.6%.
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. As a charter school, Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Over 4 years, Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep's enrollment declined 12%, to 583.
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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 AcademyElementary · 613 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
- Houston Gateway Academy - Coral Campus0.1 mi · 961
- Davila Elementary School0.2 mi · 398
- Southmayd Elementary School0.3 mi · 321
- Harris J R Elementary School0.7 mi · 288
- Milby High School0.7 mi · 2,126
- YES Prep - East End0.8 mi · 1,014
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College PrepHow large is Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep?
Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-08.
Is Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep an elementary, middle, or high school?
Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep is approximately 21.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep?
At Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep, the student body is approximately 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep public or private?
Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.