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What's something LOVETT EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002526
Lovett Elementary School
8814 S RICE AVE, HOUSTON, TX 77096 · (713) 295-5258 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
283 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 45 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
74%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 49.0% | 26.0% | 12.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 29.0% | 15.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 75.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 49.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Lovett Elementary School
Lovett Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovett Elementary School this school | 700 | 40.4% | 65.8% |
| Jackie Fuller Elementary School AUBREY | 688 | 37.5% | 45.4% |
| Kuehnle Elementary School KLEIN | 687 | 39.9% | 62.0% |
| STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School LEWISVILLE | 582 | 40.0% | 48.9% |
| Carver Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 711 | 42.5% | 39.6% |
| Lake Pointe Elementary School FORT WORTH | 745 | 47.1% | 43.0% |
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 Lovett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #476 of 4,401 | #51 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #815 of 4,466 ▲ 54 | #94 of 625 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #481 of 4,466 ▼ 107 | #55 of 625 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,073 of 3,998 | #322 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #921 of 4,938 | #234 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,731 of 4,622 | #508 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #186 of 4,628 | #26 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #3,925 of 4,789 | #595 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #2,757 of 2,838 | #432 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
700
+66 (+10%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 700 | 41.9 | 16.7:1 | 40% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 41% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 42.6 | 15.3:1 | 40% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 32% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 39.6 | 17.9:1 | 35% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 33% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 31% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 19% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 32 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lovett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (710 to 700); teachers up 6% (39.6 to 41.9).
About Lovett Elementary School
HOUSTON, Texas, is home to Lovett Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 700 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 35% above average.
A total of 273 schools make up HOUSTON ISD, with 176,727 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Lovett Elementary School, about 36 are Hispanic, the largest group. The remaining students are 27% White, 23% Black, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Lovett Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 41.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Roughly 40% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lovett Elementary School is 9.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 65.8% actual, 56.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household earns about $74,983 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Lovett Elementary School.
Lovett Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Bellaire High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 65.8% is above the 54.9% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 10%, from 634 to 700.
People who know Lovett Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Lovett Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lovett Elementary. Lovett Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Lovett Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 375 students
- Lovett Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Bellaire High School0.7 mi · 3,216
- Harmony Virtual Academy0.8 mi · 260
- Meyerland Middle School1.0 mi · 1,166
- Herod Elementary School1.1 mi · 682
- Horn Elementary School1.2 mi · 750
- Red Elementary School1.4 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Lovett Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lovett Elementary School?
Lovett Elementary School enrolls approximately 700 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lovett Elementary School serve?
Lovett Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lovett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lovett Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lovett Elementary School?
At Lovett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 36% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lovett Elementary School?
Lovett 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.