Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002507
Kelso Elementary School
5800 SOUTHMUND ST, HOUSTON, TX 77033 · (713) 845-7451 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-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.
- B+Three-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
13.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
360 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Kelso Elementary School→Attucks Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Kelso Elementary School
Kelso Elementary School's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Elementary School this school | 364 | 98.9% | 31.0% |
| Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 371 | 97.0% | 28.0% |
| Daniel Webster Elementary School DALLAS | 395 | 97.5% | 34.6% |
| Roderick R Paige Elementary School HOUSTON | 393 | 97.2% | 32.0% |
| Christene C Moss Elementary School FORT WORTH | 393 | 94.7% | 40.0% |
| Gross Elementary School HOUSTON | 390 | 99.5% | 35.4% |
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 Kelso Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,571 of 4,401 | #518 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,113 of 4,466 ▼ 534 | #454 of 625 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,926 of 4,466 ▼ 897 | #564 of 625 ▼ 152 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,026 of 3,998 | #149 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #3,773 of 4,938 | #572 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,145 of 4,622 | #167 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #2,383 of 4,628 | #319 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #89 of 4,789 | #29 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #1,383 of 2,838 | #250 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
364
-60 (-14%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 99% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 99% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 99% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 80% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 94% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 45% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 30 | 25.5:1 | 91% (696) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 39 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kelso Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (441 to 364); teachers up 4% (26 to 27).
About Kelso Elementary School
Kelso Elementary School is a small elementary school located in HOUSTON, Texas. The school enrolls 364 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
HOUSTON ISD has 176,727 students in 273 schools, and Kelso Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Kelso Elementary School is 59% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Kelso Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. The school's 13.5:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 29 points.
Kelso Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Texas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Kelso Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.0%; the prediction is 31.5%.
Looking at the county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Kelso Elementary School.
Kelso Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is YES Prep - Southside, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Kelso Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Kelso Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 31.0% versus a 34.5% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 60 students, from 424 to 364. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.7:1 to 13.5:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Kelso Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
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Other Kelso Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Kelso Elementary. Kelso Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Kelso Elementary SchoolBoring, OR · 350 students
- KELSO ELEM.BENTON, MO · 199 students
Nearby schools
- YES Prep - Southside0.5 mi · 860
- Southside Elementary School0.5 mi · 675
- Jones Futures Academy0.7 mi · 298
- Hartsfield Elementary School1.0 mi · 287
- Alcott Elementary School1.0 mi · 202
- KIPP Peace Elementary School1.3 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Kelso Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kelso Elementary School?
Kelso Elementary School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kelso Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kelso Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Kelso Elementary School have?
Kelso Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Kelso Elementary School?
Kelso Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 59% Hispanic, 39% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kelso Elementary School?
Kelso Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.