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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 668 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMAR CISD·NCES 482658010666
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School
3602 WILLIAMS WAY, RICHMOND, TX 77469 · (832) 223-1700 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
261 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 30.0% | 17.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 28.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
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 Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School this school | 543 | 48.1% | 52.1% |
| Manford Williams Elementary School RICHMOND | 683 | 47.4% | 66.5% |
| Red Duke Elementary School MANVEL | 711 | 42.9% | 49.1% |
| Phelan Elementary School RICHMOND | 743 | 46.8% | 47.0% |
| Harper Elementary School PRINCETON | 642 | 49.8% | 48.4% |
| Coyote Ridge Elementary School CARROLLTON | 478 | 46.7% | 44.4% |
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 Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #1,258 of 4,401 | #67 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,078 of 4,466 ▼ 79 | #66 of 113 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,119 of 4,466 ▼ 267 | #72 of 113 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,634 of 3,998 | #63 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #2,107 of 4,938 | #84 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,628 of 4,622 | #78 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #132 of 4,628 | #21 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #3,657 of 4,789 | #56 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #1,313 of 2,838 | #33 of 61 |
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
543
-232 (-30%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
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 | 543 | 32.9 | 16.5:1 | 48% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 33.2 | 17.1:1 | 57% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 36.2 | 15.3:1 | 52% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 53% (414) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 35% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 709 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 31% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | 44 | 17.9:1 | 31% (246) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (665 to 543); teachers down 16% (39 to 32.9).
About Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in RICHMOND, Texas. There are 543 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School belongs to LAMAR CISD, a district of 49 schools and 46,786 students.
About 31% of students at Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 23% Asian, 11% White, and 4% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School totals 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School is about 48%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School is 1.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
In the wider Fort Bend County area, the median household earns about $114,041 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School shares Fort Bend County with 216 other public schools.
The closest school to Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School is Phelan Elementary School, located about 1.2 miles away. Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School's average proficiency of 52.1% compares with 56.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 775 to 543, a 30% decline.
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Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAMAR CISD
- Fulshear High SchoolHigh · 3,401 students
- Dean Leaman JHMiddle · 2,888 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Other schools in RICHMOND
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Nearby schools
- Phelan Elementary School1.2 mi · 743
- Manford Williams Elementary School1.6 mi · 683
- Juvenile Detent Center1.8 mi · 49
- Susanna Dickinson Elementary School2.4 mi · 616
- Trinity Charter Schools - Richmond Campus2.6 mi · 7
- Brazos Bend Elementary School2.6 mi · 716
Frequently asked questions
About Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School?
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School serve?
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School?
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 31% Hispanic, 31% Black, 23% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School in?
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School is part of LAMAR CISD.
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