Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIDEHAVEN ISD·NCES 484281004882
Markham Elementary School
299 AVE I N, MARKHAM, TX 77465 · (979) 843-4340 · Matagorda County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
132 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within TIDEHAVEN ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
83.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 83 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 down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 31.0% | 18.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 52.0% | 31.0% | 13.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 83.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 27 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 Markham Elementary School
Markham Elementary School's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Elementary School this school | 255 | 51.8% | 78.5% |
| Memorial Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 261 | 51.0% | 44.1% |
| Global Leadership Academy TERRELL | 219 | 52.5% | 73.4% |
| Sunray Elementary School SUNRAY | 256 | 54.3% | 36.9% |
| Sundown Elementary School SUNDOWN | 231 | 53.2% | 75.8% |
| McGregor Primary School MCGREGOR | 270 | 59.6% | N/A |
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 Markham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Matagorda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #110 of 4,401 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #93 of 4,466 ▼ 22 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #361 of 4,466 ▼ 12 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #4,437 of 4,938 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,228 of 4,622 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #1,656 of 4,628 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #3,511 of 4,789 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.2% | #355 of 1,307 | #3 of 6 |
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
255
+42 (+20%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 52% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 16 | 16.1:1 | 58% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 17.7 | 14.3:1 | 61% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | 65% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 14.4 | 14.3:1 | 71% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 9 | 21.1:1 | 77% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 167 | 12 | 13.9:1 | 77% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 198 | 17 | 11.7:1 | 73% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Markham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (207 to 255); teachers up 11% (14.4 to 16).
About Markham Elementary School
Markham Elementary School is a small elementary school in MARKHAM, Texas, one of the schools in TIDEHAVEN ISD. It enrolls 255 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 51% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
TIDEHAVEN ISD counts 1,065 students in its 4 schools, and Markham Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Markham Elementary School is 55% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 35% White and 8% Black. Among all residents of Matagorda County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Markham Elementary School lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Matagorda County, the school's rate is lower.
Markham Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Markham Elementary School does better than predicted by 27.0 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.5%; the prediction is 51.6%.
In the surrounding county, Matagorda County, median household income comes to about $58,628, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county's public schools total 18, with about 7,199 students.
Bay City High School is about 5.3 miles from Markham Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Markham Elementary School holds 7 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 53.2%, lower than Markham Elementary School's 78.5%.
NCES assigns Markham Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 42 students, from 213 to 255. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.9:1, from 14.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Markham Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Matagorda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,329
Census ACS
Median income
$58,628
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TIDEHAVEN ISD
- Tidehaven High SchoolHigh · 312 students
- Blessing Elementary SchoolElementary · 279 students
- Tidehaven Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 219 students
Other Markham Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Markham Elementary. Markham Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Markham Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 341 students
- Markham ElementaryOakland, CA · 327 students
- Markham Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 296 students
Nearby schools
- Bay City High School5.3 mi · 1,042
- Roberts Elementary School5.9 mi · 486
- Tidehaven High School5.9 mi · 312
- Tidehaven Intermediate School5.9 mi · 219
- Cherry Elementary School6.9 mi · 432
- Bay City Junior High School7.2 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About Markham Elementary SchoolHow large is Markham Elementary School?
Markham Elementary School enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Markham Elementary School serve?
Markham Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Markham Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Markham Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Markham Elementary School?
At Markham Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 55% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Markham Elementary School public or private?
Markham Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TIDEHAVEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.