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I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL
As a mid-sized elementary school in LEAGUE CITY, Texas, I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL instructs 600 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of CLEAR CREEK ISD.
CLEAR CREEK ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 39,684 students; I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL records that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Galveston County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.
In the area at large, Galveston County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,105, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Galveston County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), of which I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: LLOYD R FERGUSON EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.1%.
I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL operates from a residential location.
Five-year trend. I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 653 (now 600). Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Galveston County at a glance
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