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I T HOLLEMAN EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About I T HOLLEMAN EL
I T HOLLEMAN EL operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in WALLER, Texas, one of the schools within WALLER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 753 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 45% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
WALLER ISD runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 9,905 students. I T HOLLEMAN EL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, I T HOLLEMAN EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 22% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, I T HOLLEMAN EL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 70% of students at I T HOLLEMAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, I T HOLLEMAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.
Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), I T HOLLEMAN EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WALLER J H, around 1.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts I T HOLLEMAN EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.5%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at I T HOLLEMAN EL has grew 7%, going from 706 students in 2018 to 753 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 31% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.
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