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HUFFMAN EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% 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.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HUFFMAN EL
HUFFMAN EL is one of the well-populated elementary-level communitys in HUFFMAN, Texas, part of HUFFMAN ISD, with 915 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 76% larger than typical.
HUFFMAN EL is one of 4 schools operated by HUFFMAN ISD, a district that instructs 3,646 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, HUFFMAN EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
On the resource side, On paper, HUFFMAN EL has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HUFFMAN EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.3%; actual is 33.4%, a gap of -20.9 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HUFFMAN EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is FALCON RIDGE EL, roughly 2.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HUFFMAN EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.7%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 1,041 students in 2018 compared to 915 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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