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What's something ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)·NCES 480144013412
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School
9898 WINDMILL LAKES BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77075 · (713) 944-4334 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
14.9:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
645 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 60 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% 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.
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 Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School this school | 736 | 87.6% | 16.2% |
| Uplift Luna Prep PS DALLAS | 719 | 89.2% | 24.9% |
| Uplift Grand Prep PS GRAND PRAIRIE | 727 | 86.8% | 30.3% |
| Houston Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 689 | 88.7% | 45.0% |
| Hanby Elementary School MESQUITE | 768 | 90.6% | 41.0% |
| Hill Elementary School HOUSTON | 646 | 87.8% | 33.2% |
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 Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #4,348 of 4,401 | #620 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,717 of 4,466 ▲ 690 | #548 of 625 ▲ 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,636 of 4,466 ▲ 730 | #522 of 625 ▲ 100 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #730 of 3,998 | #100 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #712 of 4,938 | #198 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,355 of 4,622 | #315 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #3,317 of 4,628 | #466 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #1,327 of 4,789 | #317 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #1,354 of 2,838 | #242 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
736
-102 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 736 | 49.4 | 14.9:1 | 88% (645) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 53.7 | 14.9:1 | 86% (690) |
| 2022-23 | 836 | 55.2 | 15.2:1 | 80% (667) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 77% (644) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 53.2 | 16.8:1 | 82% (731) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (895 to 736); teachers down 7% (53.2 to 49.4).
About Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school serves 736 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 42% bigger than that.
The 44 schools of INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS), including Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School, enroll 25,497 students.
The student body at Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School is 80% Hispanic. Other groups include 17% Black. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School counts 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.9 students for each one. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 88% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School is D. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School posts 16.2% against a 36.3% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Texas.
Federal survey data for Harris County show that the median household income is $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 1,205 public schools in Harris County, enrolling about 886,911 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
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. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School had 838 students, to 2024-25, when it had 736.
The Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Nearby schools
- Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Middle School0.0 mi · 449
- Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Orem High School0.1 mi · 837
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Frequently asked questions
About Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School?
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School enrolls approximately 736 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School serve?
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School have?
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School?
At Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 80% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School public or private?
Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.