KAUFMAN EL

KAUFMAN EL is an elementary school of substantial scale in SPRING, Texas, overseen by CONROE ISD, educateing 859 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 66% above the state mean of about 519.

Within CONROE ISD, which oversees 66 schools and 72,914 students, KAUFMAN EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, KAUFMAN EL reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, KAUFMAN EL reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KAUFMAN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 67.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $97,701, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), KAUFMAN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BIRNHAM WOODS EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KAUFMAN EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 866 students in 2018 compared to 859 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 69% to 53% over that span.

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