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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALIEF ISD·NCES 480783000111
Liestman Elementary School
7610 SYNOTT RD, HOUSTON, TX 77083 · (281) 983-8348 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
453 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (111).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 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 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 18.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Liestman Elementary School
Liestman Elementary School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liestman Elementary School this school | 514 | 88.1% | 45.4% |
| Mission Bend Glen Elementary School HOUSTON | 460 | 82.6% | 30.8% |
| Hicks Elementary School HOUSTON | 645 | 91.0% | 36.1% |
| Camelot Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 492 | 85.6% | 38.0% |
| Clifton Early Childhood IRVING | 420 | 85.5% | N/A |
| Alexander Elementary School HOUSTON | 609 | 89.3% | 41.8% |
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 Liestman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,911 of 4,401 | #243 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,889 of 4,466 ▼ 1,093 | #576 of 625 ▼ 178 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,208 of 4,466 ▼ 1,117 | #449 of 625 ▼ 176 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,391 of 3,998 | #377 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #2,380 of 4,938 | #454 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #37 of 4,622 | #4 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #1,852 of 4,628 | #240 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #1,273 of 4,789 | #307 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.5% | #231 of 2,838 | #67 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
514
-205 (-29%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 978
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 514 | 50.4 | 10.2:1 | 88% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 53.1 | 10.3:1 | 88% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 52.8 | 11.7:1 | 86% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 64 | 11.2:1 | 86% (618) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 63.5 | 13.0:1 | 77% (630) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 66 | 13.9:1 | 79% (725) |
| 2010-11 | 893 | 59 | 15.1:1 | 79% (706) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 60% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 978 | 57 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liestman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (823 to 514); teachers down 21% (63.5 to 50.4).
About Liestman Elementary School
Liestman Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school counted 514 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 4.
Liestman Elementary School reports to ALIEF ISD, which has 46 schools and 38,610 students.
The largest group at Liestman Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 60%. Other groups include 26% Black and 12% Asian. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Liestman Elementary School scores 56%.
The school had 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.2:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 4.9 students per teacher. The school reported 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 18 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Liestman Elementary School is 9.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.4% versus 36.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Harris County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harris County's 1,205 public schools enroll about 886,911 students and include Liestman Elementary School.
Killough Middle School sits about 0.1 miles from Liestman Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Liestman Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Liestman Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
A 29% decline took enrollment from 719 in 2020-21 to 514 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.2:1) than in 2020-21 (11.2:1).
This page is set up for the Liestman Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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 ALIEF ISD
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 2,838 students
- O'Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,214 students
- Budewig Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Olle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,025 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Killough Middle School0.1 mi · 763
- Alexander Elementary School0.6 mi · 609
- Hicks Elementary School0.8 mi · 645
- Taylor High School1.0 mi · 2,838
- Youngblood Intermediate School1.1 mi · 864
- Mahanay Elementary School1.2 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Liestman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Liestman Elementary School?
Liestman Elementary School enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Liestman Elementary School serve?
Liestman Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liestman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liestman Elementary School is approximately 10.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Liestman Elementary School?
Liestman Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 60% Hispanic, 26% Black, 12% Asian.
Who oversees Liestman Elementary School?
Liestman Elementary School is overseen by ALIEF ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.