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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432001466
MATTHYS EL
1500 MAIN ST, SOUTH HOUSTON, TX 77587 · (713) 740-0632 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
410 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
457
-207 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.7:1
% White
3%
was 2%
% Hispanic
95%
was 97%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MATTHYS EL
MATTHYS EL is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in SOUTH HOUSTON, Texas, part of PASADENA ISD, hosting 457 students in grades pre-K through 4.
Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, MATTHYS EL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, MATTHYS EL records that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 3% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MATTHYS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 36.5%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MATTHYS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
The closest other public school is SOUTH HOUSTON INT, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATTHYS EL. On composite proficiency, MATTHYS EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 31%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the MATTHYS EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 PASADENA ISD
- DOBIE H SHigh · 3,692 students
- PASADENA MEMORIAL H SHigh · 3,177 students
- SAM RAYBURN H SHigh · 2,627 students
- PASADENA H SHigh · 2,217 students
- SOUTH HOUSTON H SHigh · 2,185 students
- DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H SCombined · 1,486 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH HOUSTON INT0.1 mi · 509
- SOUTH HOUSTON EL0.4 mi · 422
- STEVENSON MIDDLE0.9 mi · 1,096
- RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE1.0 mi · 500
- FREEMAN EL1.0 mi · 382
- TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON HOBBY1.0 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About MATTHYS ELHow many students attend MATTHYS EL?
MATTHYS EL enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does MATTHYS EL serve?
MATTHYS EL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does MATTHYS EL have?
MATTHYS EL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at MATTHYS EL?
Student demographics at MATTHYS EL are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is MATTHYS EL in?
MATTHYS EL is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.