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Enrollment
694
Elementary
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025007926
James B Havard Elementary School
15150 WALLISVILLE RD, HOUSTON, TX 77049 · (832) 386-3710 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL694 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
582 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 98 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 James B Havard Elementary School
James B Havard Elementary School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James B Havard Elementary School this school | 694 | 83.9% | 51.9% |
| Kaiser Elementary School KLEIN | 724 | 86.6% | 47.6% |
| IDEA Lake Houston Academy HOUSTON | 719 | 88.5% | 32.8% |
| Sundown Elementary School KATY | 720 | 85.7% | 33.2% |
| Sheffield Elementary School DALLAS | 658 | 81.2% | 24.9% |
| Tosch Elementary School MESQUITE | 625 | 86.1% | 43.1% |
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 James B Havard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #1,278 of 4,401 | #138 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,396 of 4,466 ▼ 30 | #179 of 625 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,435 of 4,466 ▼ 326 | #177 of 625 ▼ 63 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,525 of 3,998 | #242 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 694 | #959 of 4,938 | #242 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,681 of 4,622 | #361 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #3,069 of 4,628 | #431 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #1,652 of 4,789 | #370 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #1,269 of 1,307 | #144 of 148 |
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
694
+87 (+14%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 894
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 694 | 45.5 | 15.3:1 | 84% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 46.5 | 15.2:1 | 82% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 82% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 77% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 41.3 | 16.7:1 | 63% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 66% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 65% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 52 | 17.2:1 | 39% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James B Havard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (690 to 694); teachers up 10% (41.3 to 45.5).
About James B Havard Elementary School
James B Havard Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools in GALENA PARK ISD. School enrollment was 694 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
GALENA PARK ISD has 20,862 students in 26 schools, and James B Havard Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at James B Havard Elementary School, at 75%. The next largest groups are 20% Black and 2% White. In Harris County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1 at James B Havard Elementary School, with 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 84% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Harris County report 70%.
allk12 grades James B Havard Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, James B Havard Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools. It scores 51.9%; the prediction is 37.9%.
James B Havard Elementary School is located in Harris County, where the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. James B Havard Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from James B Havard Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to North Shore Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 51.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, James B Havard Elementary School's enrollment grew 14%, to 694.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in GALENA PARK ISD
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Galena Park High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- North Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,299 students
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusMiddle · 991 students
- North Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- North Shore Middle School0.2 mi · 1,299
- North Shore Senior High0.5 mi · 4,284
- Galena Park ISD Career & Technical ECHS0.7 mi · 487
- Aguirre Junior High School1.0 mi · 933
- North Shore Elementary School1.0 mi · 965
- Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School1.1 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About James B Havard Elementary SchoolHow large is James B Havard Elementary School?
James B Havard Elementary School enrolls approximately 694 students in grades PK-05.
Is James B Havard Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James B Havard Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at James B Havard Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at James B Havard Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at James B Havard Elementary School?
At James B Havard Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is James B Havard Elementary School in?
James B Havard Elementary School is part of GALENA PARK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.