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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXAS CITY ISD·NCES 484251004863
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School
2020 21ST ST N, TEXAS CITY, TX 77591 · (409) 916-0300 · Galveston County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
14.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
349 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (114).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +1.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School this school | 501 | 69.7% | 40.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School TEMPLE | 504 | 73.4% | 38.1% |
| Marvin Biomedical Academy WAXAHACHIE | 535 | 68.0% | 36.4% |
| Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School TEXAS CITY | 460 | 73.3% | 46.3% |
| Jack Lummus Intermediate School ENNIS | 515 | 65.6% | 36.3% |
| South Knoll Elementary School COLLEGE STATION | 560 | 69.1% | 47.1% |
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 Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,499 of 4,401 | #31 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,456 of 4,466 ▲ 312 | #31 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,449 of 4,466 ▲ 201 | #32 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #935 of 3,998 | #11 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,543 of 4,938 | #34 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,529 of 4,622 | #11 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #900 of 4,628 | #10 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #2,581 of 4,789 | #24 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #1,977 of 2,838 | #23 of 29 |
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
501
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
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 | 501 | 35.8 | 14.0:1 | 70% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 74% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 34.3 | 15.5:1 | 76% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 78% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 34.2 | 16.4:1 | 66% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 56% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 55% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 31% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 725 | 40 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (561 to 501); teachers up 5% (34.2 to 35.8).
About Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School
In TEXAS CITY, Texas, part of Galveston County, Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School is an elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 501 students.
The TEXAS CITY ISD system has 15 schools and 7,711 students.
At Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other groups make up 25% White, 21% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 26% of Galveston County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
With 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School, 70% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 57% average for public schools in Galveston County.
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Texas public elementary schools.
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.8%, compared with a predicted 43.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Galveston County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $86,105, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 95 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,767, Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School among them.
About 0.6 miles separate Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School from the closest public school, Kohfeldt Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 507 to 501.
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Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXAS CITY ISD
- Texas City High SchoolHigh · 1,689 students
- Blocker Middle SchoolMiddle · 802 students
- Fry Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- La Marque High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- Giles Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Hayley Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
Other schools in TEXAS CITY
- Texas City High SchoolHigh · 1,689 students
- Dickinson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Blocker Middle SchoolMiddle · 802 students
- Fry Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Odyssey Academy - Texas CityElementary · 558 students
- Giles Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Kohfeldt Elementary School0.6 mi · 429
- Calvin Vincent Pre-K Head Start0.6 mi · 311
- Blocker Middle School0.7 mi · 802
- Texas City High School1.0 mi · 1,689
- Heights Elementary School1.2 mi · 412
- Woodrow Wilson DAEP1.4 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School?
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-04.
Is Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School have?
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School?
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 48% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School?
Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School is overseen by TEXAS CITY ISD in Galveston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.