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How has JOHN ARREDONDO EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 668 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMAR CISD·NCES 482658013158
John Arredondo Elementary School
6110 AUGUST GREEN DR, RICHMOND, TX 77469 · (832) 223-4800 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-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
17.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
311 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 | 76 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
72%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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 John Arredondo Elementary School
John Arredondo Elementary School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Arredondo Elementary School this school | 678 | 45.9% | 59.2% |
| Cora Thomas Elementary School RICHMOND | 678 | 46.2% | 55.1% |
| Colin Powell Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 628 | 43.2% | 66.5% |
| Manford Williams Elementary School RICHMOND | 683 | 47.4% | 66.5% |
| Phelan Elementary School RICHMOND | 743 | 46.8% | 47.0% |
| Mary Burks Marek Elementary School PEARLAND | 762 | 45.1% | 61.7% |
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 John Arredondo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #812 of 4,401 | #55 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #951 of 4,466 ▲ 49 | #59 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,271 of 4,466 ▼ 578 | #78 of 113 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,772 of 3,998 | #71 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #1,061 of 4,938 | #64 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #3,899 of 4,622 | #89 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #313 of 4,628 | #38 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #3,745 of 4,789 | #61 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #1,422 of 2,838 | #34 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
678
-186 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 678 | 39.8 | 17.0:1 | 46% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 39.6 | 17.3:1 | 55% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 42.7 | 16.3:1 | 53% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 864 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 56% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 818 | 45.6 | 17.9:1 | 46% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 50% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Arredondo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (818 to 678); teachers down 13% (45.6 to 39.8).
About John Arredondo Elementary School
This page covers John Arredondo Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in RICHMOND, Texas. The latest federal count shows 678 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 31% above average.
The district, LAMAR CISD, operates 49 schools serving 46,786 students.
Enrollment at John Arredondo Elementary School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 36%. The rest of enrollment is 33% Black, 15% Asian, 12% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Fort Bend County's population at about 25%. The chance that two students picked at random at John Arredondo Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Federal data list 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at John Arredondo Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.0:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 46% of students at John Arredondo Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, John Arredondo Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For John Arredondo Elementary School, the prediction is 54.1% and the result is 59.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Fort Bend County show that median household income is about $114,041, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 217 public schools operate in Fort Bend County, serving about 191,372 students.
The closest public school to John Arredondo Elementary School is Cora Thomas Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of John Arredondo Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 59.2% is above the 51.9% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 864 in 2020-21 and 678 in 2024-25, a 22% decrease.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- 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
- Cora Thomas Elementary School1.3 mi · 678
- B F Terry High School1.5 mi · 1,512
- Manford Williams Elementary School1.6 mi · 683
- Brookesmith Davinci1.7 mi · 7
- George JH1.9 mi · 1,102
- Smith Elementary School2.1 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About John Arredondo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend John Arredondo Elementary School?
John Arredondo Elementary School enrolls approximately 678 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does John Arredondo Elementary School serve?
John Arredondo Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Arredondo Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Arredondo Elementary School is approximately 17.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at John Arredondo Elementary School?
At John Arredondo Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 36% Hispanic, 33% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is John Arredondo Elementary School public or private?
John Arredondo Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAMAR CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.