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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122005816
Joan Link Elementary School
2815 RIDGE HOLLOW DR, HOUSTON, TX 77067 · (281) 891-8390 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
480 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 87 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Joan Link Elementary School
Joan Link Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Link Elementary School this school | 556 | 86.3% | 24.7% |
| Stephanie Cravens Early Childhood HOUSTON | 556 | 86.5% | N/A |
| Kujawa Elementary School HOUSTON | 562 | 85.2% | 28.9% |
| Bell Elementary School HOUSTON | 539 | 87.6% | 34.9% |
| Handley STEM Elementary School GARLAND | 563 | 88.1% | 34.7% |
| Foster Elementary School ARLINGTON | 524 | 84.7% | 33.5% |
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 Joan Link Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #4,073 of 4,401 | #593 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,916 of 4,466 ▲ 782 | #419 of 625 ▲ 128 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,230 of 4,466 ▼ 35 | #604 of 625 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,582 of 3,998 | #410 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #1,987 of 4,938 | #410 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,477 of 4,622 | #329 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #2,955 of 4,628 | #407 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #1,447 of 4,789 | #332 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #1,823 of 2,838 | #314 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
556
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 952
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 86% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 38.7 | 13.9:1 | 94% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 35.5 | 14.6:1 | 95% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 97% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 89% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 76% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 781 | 47 | 16.6:1 | 90% (706) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 77% (596) |
| 1990-91 | 952 | 49 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joan Link Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (635 to 556); teachers down 19% (46 to 37).
About Joan Link Elementary School
Joan Link Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools in SPRING ISD. The school enrolls 556 students, from pre-K through 5.
Besides Joan Link Elementary School, SPRING ISD runs 41 other schools. The district enrolls 33,678 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Joan Link Elementary School, with 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Black and 2% White. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. Joan Link Elementary School's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.0:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Joan Link Elementary School is 86%. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Joan Link Elementary School would be expected to post about 36.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.7%.
Joan Link Elementary School is located in Harris County, where the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Joan Link Elementary School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Stelle Claughton Middle School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Joan Link Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.5%, higher than Joan Link Elementary School's 24.7%.
Federal data place Joan Link Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment gain, from 531 in 2020-21 to 556 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.0:1, from 13.3:1.
The Joan Link Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 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
- Stelle Claughton Middle School0.8 mi · 896
- Heritage Elementary School0.8 mi · 807
- Deloras E Thompson Elementary School1.0 mi · 634
- Donna Lewis Elementary School1.0 mi · 689
- IDEA Spears College Preparatory1.1 mi · 617
- IDEA Spears Academy1.1 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About Joan Link Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Joan Link Elementary School?
Joan Link Elementary School enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Joan Link Elementary School serve?
Joan Link Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joan Link Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joan Link Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joan Link Elementary School?
At Joan Link Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Joan Link Elementary School public or private?
Joan Link Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRING ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.