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How has MARTINEZ R EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364001432
Martinez R Elementary School
7211 MARKET ST, HOUSTON, TX 77020 · (713) 671-3680 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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.
- 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
13.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
368 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 | 62 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
12%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Martinez R Elementary School→Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 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 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Martinez R Elementary School
Martinez R Elementary School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martinez R Elementary School this school | 380 | 96.8% | 40.4% |
| Cooley Elementary School EL PASO | 393 | 96.7% | 28.1% |
| Ketelsen Elementary School HOUSTON | 382 | 96.6% | 43.4% |
| John Q Adams Elementary School DALLAS | 399 | 98.0% | 24.4% |
| Ben Milam Elementary School HARLINGEN | 389 | 97.2% | 42.4% |
| Salinas Elementary School MISSION | 366 | 97.5% | 49.6% |
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 Martinez R Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,539 of 4,401 | #335 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,866 of 4,466 ▼ 290 | #405 of 625 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,757 of 4,466 ▲ 266 | #368 of 625 ▲ 42 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #2,822 of 3,998 | #442 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #3,657 of 4,938 | #562 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,114 of 4,622 | #163 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #4,047 of 4,628 | #600 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #296 of 4,789 | #88 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #352 of 2,838 | #85 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
380
-96 (-20%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 380 | 28.2 | 13.5:1 | 97% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 37 | 11.4:1 | 98% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 25.4 | 16.9:1 | 96% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 96% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 37.4 | 15.3:1 | 95% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 96% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 58% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 94% (666) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martinez R Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (572 to 380); teachers down 24% (37.4 to 28.2).
About Martinez R Elementary School
Martinez R Elementary School is a public elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school has 380 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Martinez R Elementary School is one of the 273 schools that make up HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students in total).
Martinez R Elementary School is 94% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% White and 2% Black. In Harris County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.
Classroom staffing at Martinez R Elementary School totals 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 97% of students (368) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
On the allk12 Grade, Martinez R Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 54% of Texas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Martinez R Elementary School would be expected to post about 32.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.4%.
In Harris County, median household income comes to 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. Harris County counts 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students.
Martinez R Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Scroggins Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 37.2% on proficiency, and Martinez R Elementary School is above that at 40.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% drop, from 476 to 380. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.5:1 in 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
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Scroggins Elementary School0.6 mi · 287
- Pugh Elementary School0.7 mi · 256
- Eliot Elementary School0.8 mi · 464
- McReynolds Middle School0.9 mi · 297
- Port Houston Elementary School1.2 mi · 255
- Wheatley High School1.4 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Martinez R Elementary SchoolHow large is Martinez R Elementary School?
Martinez R Elementary School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades PK-05.
Is Martinez R Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martinez R Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Martinez R Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Martinez R Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Martinez R Elementary School?
Student demographics at Martinez R Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Who oversees Martinez R Elementary School?
Martinez R 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.