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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122004713
John Winship Elementary School
2175 SPRING CREEK DR, SPRING, TX 77373 · (281) 891-8210 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
367 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 | 66 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
67%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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Winship Elementary School
John Winship Elementary School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Winship Elementary School this school | 524 | 70.0% | 40.6% |
| Steadham Elementary School ROWLETT | 490 | 72.2% | 37.0% |
| Red Oak Elementary School RED OAK | 491 | 65.4% | 43.8% |
| Achziger Elementary School MESQUITE | 545 | 71.7% | 34.6% |
| Cedar Valley Elementary School KILLEEN | 570 | 64.7% | 47.7% |
| Stults Road Elementary School DALLAS | 552 | 73.7% | 26.6% |
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 John Winship Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,516 of 4,401 | #330 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,809 of 4,466 ▲ 825 | #243 of 625 ▲ 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,571 of 4,466 ▲ 576 | #345 of 625 ▲ 90 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,170 of 3,998 | #336 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #2,309 of 4,938 | #446 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #3,837 of 4,622 | #527 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #834 of 4,628 | #106 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #2,557 of 4,789 | #479 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #2,737 of 2,838 | #430 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
524
+51 (+11%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 524 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 70% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 37.7 | 12.2:1 | 74% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 37.3 | 12.6:1 | 72% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 72% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 34.5 | 15.4:1 | 62% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 52% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 43% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 13% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 29 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Winship Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (533 to 524); teachers down 10% (34.5 to 31).
About John Winship Elementary School
John Winship Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of SPRING, Texas. In all, 524 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
The district, SPRING ISD, operates 42 schools serving 33,678 students.
The largest group at John Winship Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 40%. Other students are 39% Black, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Harris County at about 44% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for John Winship Elementary School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 70% of the student body. The average for public schools in Harris County is similar, at 70%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, John Winship Elementary School would be expected to post about 43.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.6%.
In the surrounding county, Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Legacy School of Sport Sciences, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, John Winship Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, John Winship Elementary School enrolled 473 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 524. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.3:1 in 2020-21 to 16.9:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 SPRING
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- York Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,009 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Cox Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
Nearby schools
- Legacy School of Sport Sciences0.5 mi · 468
- Twin Creeks Middle School0.7 mi · 848
- Salyers Elementary School0.9 mi · 484
- Hearts With Hope1.1 mi · 6
- Smith Elementary School1.3 mi · 624
- Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School1.4 mi · 630
Frequently asked questions
About John Winship Elementary SchoolHow many students attend John Winship Elementary School?
John Winship Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does John Winship Elementary School serve?
John Winship Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Winship Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Winship Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at John Winship Elementary School?
Student demographics at John Winship Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 40% Hispanic, 39% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is John Winship Elementary School public or private?
John Winship 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.