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What tradition at MACGREGOR EL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002528
Macgregor Elementary School
4801 LABRANCH ST, HOUSTON, TX 77004 · (713) 942-1990 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
15.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
312 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 | 83 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
45%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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 34.0% | 20.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 32.0% | 27.0% | 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 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Macgregor Elementary School
Macgregor Elementary School's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macgregor Elementary School this school | 395 | 79.0% | 45.6% |
| High Pointe Elementary School CEDAR HILL | 411 | 77.4% | 28.4% |
| Edgar Glover Jr Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 338 | 83.1% | 30.9% |
| Plummer Elementary School CEDAR HILL | 347 | 83.3% | 29.3% |
| Larson Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 443 | 83.7% | 19.5% |
| Rocketship Dennis Dunkins Elementary School FORT WORTH | 442 | 73.1% | 15.9% |
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 Macgregor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,883 of 4,401 | #234 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,318 of 4,466 ▼ 26 | #167 of 625 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #945 of 4,466 ▲ 859 | #105 of 625 ▲ 121 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +33.5pp | #99 of 3,998 | #8 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #3,526 of 4,938 | #546 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,666 of 4,622 | #358 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #2,795 of 4,628 | #384 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #2,032 of 4,789 | #420 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #587 of 2,838 | #119 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
395
-106 (-21%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 395 | 25.9 | 15.2:1 | 79% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 81% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 83% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 78% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 78% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 70% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 483 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 43% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 69% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Macgregor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (552 to 395); teachers down 19% (32 to 25.9).
About Macgregor Elementary School
Macgregor Elementary School is a small elementary school in Texas, located in HOUSTON. The school reports 395 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 24% smaller than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
HOUSTON ISD oversees Macgregor Elementary School and 272 other schools, with 176,727 students in total.
At 72%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Macgregor Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. County-wide, 19% of Harris County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Macgregor Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
The school reports 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 79% of students. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Macgregor Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.0% for Macgregor Elementary School. The school posts 45.6%, 5.7 points above the prediction.
Macgregor Elementary School is located in Harris County, where median household income is about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
The school nearest to Macgregor Elementary School is Young Women's College Prep Academy, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Macgregor Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Macgregor Elementary School had 501 students in 2020-21 and 395 in 2024-25, a 21% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2020-21 to 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Macgregor Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Macgregor Elementary. Macgregor Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- MacGregor Elementary SchoolBAY CITY, MI · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Young Women's College Prep Academy0.4 mi · 494
- Hcc Life Skills Program0.7 mi · 69
- Arabic Immersion Magnet School0.8 mi · 609
- Houston Academy for International Studies0.9 mi · 473
- Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan1.1 mi · 306
- Blackshear Elementary School1.1 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Macgregor Elementary SchoolHow large is Macgregor Elementary School?
Macgregor Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-05.
Is Macgregor Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Macgregor Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Macgregor Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Macgregor Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Macgregor Elementary School?
At Macgregor Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 18% Hispanic, 72% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Macgregor Elementary School?
Macgregor 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.