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How has JENSEN EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003830
Jensen Elementary School
3514 TULIP ST, PASADENA, TX 77504 · (713) 740-0608 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
472 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 61 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 8% larger than its 4th grade class (93).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Jensen Elementary School
Jensen Elementary School's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen Elementary School this school | 567 | 83.2% | 51.4% |
| Mary Lou Hartman SAN ANTONIO | 568 | 83.3% | 30.6% |
| Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 555 | 83.4% | 31.9% |
| Harvest Ridge Elementary School ELGIN | 596 | 83.2% | 24.5% |
| Montclair Elementary School GARLAND | 557 | 85.6% | 34.5% |
| Florence Elementary School MESQUITE | 509 | 83.5% | 35.6% |
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 Jensen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,309 of 4,401 | #144 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,781 of 4,466 ▼ 161 | #394 of 625 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,307 of 4,466 ▼ 468 | #303 of 625 ▼ 70 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #643 of 3,998 | #82 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #1,891 of 4,938 | #390 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #748 of 4,622 | #111 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #2,948 of 4,628 | #405 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #1,711 of 4,789 | #379 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #1,517 of 2,838 | #268 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
567
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 567 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 83% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 86% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 44.7 | 13.0:1 | 88% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 86% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 79% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 77% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 24% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 53% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 33 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jensen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (675 to 567); teachers down 2% (45 to 44).
About Jensen Elementary School
Jensen Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in PASADENA, Texas. The school's enrollment of 567 students covers pre-K through 4.
Jensen Elementary School is one school in a 67-school district, PASADENA ISD, which enrolls 46,491 students.
Jensen Elementary School's enrollment is 74% Hispanic. Other groups make up 14% Black, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 44% of Harris County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Jensen Elementary School comes in at 42%.
Federal data list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jensen Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.9:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 83% of students at Jensen Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
The model predicts 38.1% for a school in Texas with Jensen Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Jensen Elementary School posts 51.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Jensen Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in Harris County, which together enroll about 886,911 students.
Nearest public school: Marshall Kendrick Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Jensen Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.8% on proficiency, and Jensen Elementary School is above that at 51.4%.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (564) to 2024-25 (567).
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Kendrick Middle School0.3 mi · 652
- Fisher Elementary School0.6 mi · 566
- Park View Intermediate School0.7 mi · 532
- Golden Acres Elementary School1.2 mi · 390
- Turner Elementary School1.2 mi · 526
- Ryss STEM Academy at First Friends Pasadena1.2 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About Jensen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jensen Elementary School?
Jensen Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Jensen Elementary School serve?
Jensen Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jensen Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jensen Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jensen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jensen Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 74% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Jensen Elementary School in?
Jensen Elementary School is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.