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How has MARY BURKS MAREK EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
762
Elementary
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVIN ISD·NCES 480809010459
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School
1947 KIRBY DR, PEARLAND, TX 77584 · (281) 245-3232 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- FThree-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
15.0:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
344 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 38 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
71%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
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 26.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 39.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 79.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 85.0% |
| 2020-21 | 74.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Mary Burks Marek Elementary School
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Burks Marek Elementary School this school | 762 | 45.1% | 61.7% |
| John Arredondo Elementary School RICHMOND | 678 | 45.9% | 59.2% |
| Colin Powell Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 628 | 43.2% | 66.5% |
| Cora Thomas Elementary School RICHMOND | 678 | 46.2% | 55.1% |
| Adriane Mathews Gray Elementary School RICHMOND | 618 | 52.1% | 41.5% |
| Phelan Elementary School RICHMOND | 743 | 46.8% | 47.0% |
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 Mary Burks Marek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #675 of 4,401 | #14 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #911 of 4,466 ▲ 57 | #19 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #809 of 4,466 ▼ 235 | #13 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.0pp | #158 of 3,998 | #4 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #589 of 4,938 | #7 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,431 of 4,622 | #30 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #471 of 4,628 | #12 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #3,777 of 4,789 | #39 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #2,823 of 2,838 | #33 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
762
+89 (+13%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 897
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 762 | 50.8 | 15.0:1 | 45% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 730 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 48% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 45 | 15.7:1 | 45% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 42% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 26% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 872 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 21% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 897 | 53 | 16.9:1 | 16% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Burks Marek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (764 to 762); teachers up 6% (48 to 50.8).
About Mary Burks Marek Elementary School
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in PEARLAND. Enrollment stands at 762 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 47% larger than the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
ALVIN ISD has 30,038 students in 37 schools, and Mary Burks Marek Elementary School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Mary Burks Marek Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 39%. Smaller groups are 35% Black, 11% Asian, 9% White, and 6% multiracial. The diversity index for Mary Burks Marek Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary Burks Marek Elementary School is 15.0:1, based on 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Mary Burks Marek Elementary School counts 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of Texas public elementary schools.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.4%. Mary Burks Marek Elementary School scores 61.7%.
The school is in Brazoria County, where the median household earns about $97,993 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Mary Burks Marek Elementary School shares Brazoria County with 114 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Nolan Ryan Junior High School is about 0.1 miles from Mary Burks Marek Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mary Burks Marek Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 13%, from 673 to 762. Students per teacher increased from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 15.0 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Mary Burks Marek Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 ALVIN ISD
- Alvin High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Manvel High SchoolHigh · 2,238 students
- Iowa Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,781 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Rodeo Palms Junior High SchoolMiddle · 842 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
Nearby schools
- Nolan Ryan Junior High School0.1 mi · 777
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School1.2 mi · 678
- Shirley Dill Brothers Elementary School1.5 mi · 665
- Glenn York Elementary School1.7 mi · 758
- Shadow Creek High School1.9 mi · 2,599
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High School1.9 mi · 1,034
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Burks Marek Elementary SchoolHow large is Mary Burks Marek Elementary School?
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School enrolls approximately 762 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mary Burks Marek Elementary School serve?
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mary Burks Marek Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Mary Burks Marek Elementary School.
How diverse is Mary Burks Marek Elementary School?
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 39% Hispanic, 35% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary Burks Marek Elementary School?
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School is overseen by ALVIN ISD in Brazoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.