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MEYER EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MEYER EL
MEYER EL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by SPRING ISD. Current enrollment sits at 680 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
SPRING ISD comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 33,678 students; MEYER EL is among them.
In terms of who attends, MEYER EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 39% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, MEYER EL records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MEYER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which MEYER EL is one.
THE SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT BAMMEL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEYER EL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.4%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. MEYER EL's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 736 (now 680). Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 56% across the same window.
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