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MCMULLAN EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MCMULLAN EL
MCMULLAN EL, a moderately sized elementary school in CHANNELVIEW, Texas, run under CHANNELVIEW ISD, educates 482 students, covering grades K through 5.
CHANNELVIEW ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,335 students; MCMULLAN EL is among them.
In terms of who attends, MCMULLAN EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Other groups include 5% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, MCMULLAN EL lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCMULLAN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.6%; this one delivers 28.3%.
Around the school, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MCMULLAN EL is one campus in the mix.
B H HAMBLEN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCMULLAN EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.2%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Over the past 7-year window. MCMULLAN EL's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 482). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
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Harris County at a glance
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