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Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMBALL ISD·NCES 484296005818
Lakewood Elementary School
15614 GETTYSBURG, TOMBALL, TX 77377 · (281) 357-3260 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
221 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 159 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 25% smaller than its 4th grade class (159).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 37.0% | 15.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 54.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Elementary School this school | 756 | 29.2% | 69.0% |
| French Elementary School KLEIN | 786 | 24.0% | 73.5% |
| Davis Elementary School AUSTIN | 643 | 30.6% | 50.0% |
| Kolter Elementary School BELLAIRE | 771 | 23.6% | 80.5% |
| Rustic Oak Elementary School PEARLAND | 645 | 30.2% | 65.8% |
| Ralph Parr Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 688 | 33.6% | 60.2% |
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 Lakewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #340 of 4,401 | #42 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #733 of 4,466 ▼ 202 | #84 of 625 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #641 of 4,466 ▲ 15 | #67 of 625 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #1,616 of 3,998 | #251 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 756 | #613 of 4,938 | #172 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,014 of 4,622 | #146 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #696 of 4,628 | #95 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #4,241 of 4,789 | #626 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #2,263 of 2,838 | #367 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
756
-27 (-3%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 970
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 756 | 56.8 | 13.3:1 | 29% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 53.4 | 14.0:1 | 26% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 788 | 53.4 | 14.8:1 | 30% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 23% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 18% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 46 | 17.3:1 | 14% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 756 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 16% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 3% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 970 | 43 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (817 to 756); teachers up 18% (48 to 56.8).
About Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in TOMBALL, Texas. It covers pre-K through 4, with a total enrollment of 756 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
A total of 23 schools make up TOMBALL ISD, with 22,913 students enrolled.
Enrollment at Lakewood Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 49%. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Harris County is about 34% White. Lakewood Elementary School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 13.3:1 comes from the school's 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 29% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Lakewood Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lakewood Elementary School, the prediction is 61.2% and the result is 69.0%.
Federal survey data for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakewood Elementary School is among the 1,205 public schools in Harris County.
Ischool High at University Park is the public school closest to Lakewood Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Lakewood Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lakewood Elementary School's average proficiency of 69.0% compares with 65.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 783 to 756. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 TOMBALL ISD
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 970 students
Other schools in TOMBALL
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Tomball Junior High SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Willow Wood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 884 students
Other Lakewood Elementary schools
31 other US public schools in 22 states are named Lakewood Elementary. Lakewood Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 32.
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 1,067 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolEULESS, TX · 573 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolBELTON, TX · 572 students
- Lakewood ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 866 students
- Lakewood ElementaryBuchanan, TN · 752 students
Nearby schools
- Ischool High at University Park1.1 mi · 433
- Hamilton Elementary School1.5 mi · 999
- Hamilton Middle School1.5 mi · 1,474
- Moore Elementary School1.7 mi · 873
- Klein Cain High School1.7 mi · 3,922
- Willow Wood Junior High School1.8 mi · 884
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 756 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Lakewood Elementary School serve?
Lakewood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Lakewood Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Lakewood Elementary School.
How diverse is Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lakewood Elementary School in?
Lakewood Elementary School is part of TOMBALL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.