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Enrollment
767
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364004587
Lyons Elementary School
800 ROXELLA RD, HOUSTON, TX 77076 · (713) 696-2870 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
755 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 | 107 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
7%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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 32.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Lyons Elementary School
Lyons Elementary School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Elementary School this school | 767 | 98.4% | 49.3% |
| Julian T Saldivar Elementary School DALLAS | 755 | 98.8% | 24.6% |
| Marcus Leadership Academy DALLAS | 718 | 98.5% | 25.7% |
| Berry Elementary School HOUSTON | 745 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
| IDEA Academy DONNA | 744 | 97.3% | 36.1% |
| Dr William Long Elementary School PHARR | 767 | 96.3% | 44.5% |
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 Lyons Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,496 of 4,401 | #174 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,762 of 4,466 ▼ 682 | #232 of 625 ▼ 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,272 of 4,466 ▼ 461 | #299 of 625 ▼ 71 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,074 of 3,998 | #323 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #563 of 4,938 | #158 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #4,068 of 4,622 | #565 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.6% | #4,248 of 4,628 | #636 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #134 of 4,789 | #46 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #706 of 2,838 | #143 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
767
-137 (-15%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 830
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 767 | 43.9 | 17.5:1 | 98% (755) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 46 | 17.9:1 | 96% (796) |
| 2022-23 | 866 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 96% (834) |
| 2020-21 | 904 | 51 | 17.7:1 | 95% (857) |
| 2017-18 | 1,035 | 53 | 19.5:1 | 92% (955) |
| 2015-16 | 1,003 | 54 | 18.6:1 | 93% (936) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 52 | 17.8:1 | 64% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 830 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 88% (727) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyons Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,035 to 767); teachers down 17% (53 to 43.9).
About Lyons Elementary School
Lyons Elementary School is an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, according to federal school records. The school reports 767 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
HOUSTON ISD (273 schools, 176,727 students) runs Lyons Elementary School.
Lyons Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 97% Hispanic. It is also 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Harris County is roughly 44% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Lyons Elementary School comes in at 7%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1 at Lyons Elementary School, with 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 98%. On average, public schools in Harris County report 70%.
After accounting for student poverty, Lyons Elementary School is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.3% is 17.6 points above the 31.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Harris County has about 4,838,303 residents, and median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
Nearest public school: Houston Math Science and Technology Center, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Lyons Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Lyons Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 49.3% against a local average of 39.2%.
NCES describes the area around Lyons Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lyons Elementary School saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 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 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 Lyons Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lyons Elementary. Lyons Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLYONS, NY · 519 students
- Lyons Elementary SchoolLYONS, CO · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Houston Math Science and Technology Center0.6 mi · 2,396
- De Chaumes Elementary School0.7 mi · 680
- KIPP Dream Prep0.8 mi · 929
- KIPP 3D Academy0.8 mi · 513
- Burbank Elementary School0.8 mi · 736
- KIPP Generations Collegiate0.9 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Lyons Elementary SchoolHow large is Lyons Elementary School?
Lyons Elementary School enrolls approximately 767 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lyons Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lyons Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lyons Elementary School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Lyons Elementary School.
How diverse is Lyons Elementary School?
Lyons Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Lyons Elementary School?
Lyons Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
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