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LANGHAM EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LANGHAM EL
Located at 800 S 12TH ST, in NEDERLAND, Texas, LANGHAM EL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves 553 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under NEDERLAND ISD.
Within NEDERLAND ISD, which oversees 8 schools and 5,317 students, LANGHAM EL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, LANGHAM EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 40% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LANGHAM EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, LANGHAM EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 54.8%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $60,026, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. LANGHAM EL is one of 92 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students).
Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL MIDDLE, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LANGHAM EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LANGHAM EL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.4%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. LANGHAM EL's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 553). Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.
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