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What's one thing MAGNOLIA EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
703
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARLAND ISD·NCES 483444011561
Magnolia Elementary School
5350 MAGNOLIA, PEARLAND, TX 77584 · (281) 727-1750 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
259 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (150).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 34.0% | 16.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 26.0% | 15.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 74.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Magnolia Elementary School
Magnolia Elementary School's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Elementary School this school | 703 | 36.8% | 70.5% |
| Brill Elementary School KLEIN | 653 | 38.3% | 56.3% |
| Old Town Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 587 | 36.6% | 54.8% |
| Hutto Elementary School HUTTO | 820 | 34.8% | 47.3% |
| James E Mitchell Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 682 | 42.2% | 28.3% |
| John A Sippel Elementary School SCHERTZ | 641 | 34.6% | 45.4% |
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 Magnolia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #298 of 4,401 | #7 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #481 of 4,466 ▲ 45 | #11 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #545 of 4,466 ▼ 115 | #10 of 52 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,140 of 3,998 | #14 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #904 of 4,938 | #17 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #3,049 of 4,622 | #46 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #861 of 4,628 | #16 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #4,040 of 4,789 | #45 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #1,265 of 2,838 | #9 of 34 |
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
703
-152 (-18%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 703 | 44.8 | 15.7:1 | 37% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 46.3 | 14.6:1 | 34% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 51.9 | 14.2:1 | 33% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 855 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 37% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 867 | 55.7 | 15.6:1 | 36% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 40% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 27% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Magnolia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (867 to 703); teachers down 19% (55.7 to 44.8).
About Magnolia Elementary School
Magnolia Elementary School is an elementary school in PEARLAND, Texas, reachable at (281) 727-1750. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 703 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 35% above that.
PEARLAND ISD is made up of 24 schools with 20,862 students in all.
Enrollment at Magnolia Elementary School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 46%. After that, the student body is 33% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Brazoria County is about 32% Hispanic. Magnolia Elementary School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.7:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Eligible students account for 37% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County is 13 points.
Magnolia Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Magnolia Elementary School's results are 12.5 points above predicted: 70.5% against 58.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Brazoria County show that median household income is about $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 115 public schools in Brazoria County, with a combined enrollment of about 75,767.
The closest public school, Pearland J H South, is about 0.8 miles from Magnolia Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Magnolia Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Magnolia Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 855 to 703. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARLAND ISD
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
- Leon H Sablatura Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Berry Miller Junior High SchoolMiddle · 827 students
Other schools in PEARLAND
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
Other Magnolia Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Magnolia Elementary. Magnolia Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 14.
- Magnolia Elementary SchoolMAGNOLIA, TX · 502 students
- Magnolia ElementaryLumberton, NC · 779 students
- Magnolia ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 703 students
- Magnolia ElementaryOakdale, CA · 636 students
- Magnolia ElementaryJoppa, MD · 545 students
Nearby schools
- Pearland J H South0.8 mi · 764
- Robert Turner College and Career High School0.9 mi · 1,128
- H C Carleston Elementary School1.1 mi · 714
- Sam Jamison Middle School1.3 mi · 728
- Berry Miller Junior High School1.6 mi · 827
- Rogers Middle School1.7 mi · 721
Frequently asked questions
About Magnolia Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Magnolia Elementary School?
Magnolia Elementary School enrolls approximately 703 students in grades PK-04.
Is Magnolia Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Magnolia Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Magnolia Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Magnolia Elementary School is approximately 15.7:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Magnolia Elementary School?
At Magnolia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 46% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Magnolia Elementary School public or private?
Magnolia Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PEARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.