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MEADOW WOOD EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MEADOW WOOD EL
Located at 14230 MEMORIAL DR, in HOUSTON, Texas, MEADOW WOOD EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that enrolls 686 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under SPRING BRANCH ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.
Across the 46 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD (33,793 students total), MEADOW WOOD EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, MEADOW WOOD EL records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MEADOW WOOD EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at MEADOW WOOD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Harris County's rate of about 70%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MEADOW WOOD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 60.1%, a residual of -1.5 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household income runs about $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. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MEADOW WOOD EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SPRING FOREST MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEADOW WOOD EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.5%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 36%: 505 students in 2018 compared to 686 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 22% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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