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Enrollment
680
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122004714
Meyer Elementary School
16330 FOREST WAY DR, HOUSTON, TX 77090 · (281) 891-8270 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
601 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 77 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Meyer Elementary School
Meyer Elementary School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Elementary School this school | 680 | 88.4% | 33.5% |
| L E Monahan Elementary School HOUSTON | 635 | 87.7% | 28.6% |
| Houston Elementary School LANCASTER | 613 | 87.3% | 32.9% |
| IDEA Spears Academy HOUSTON | 728 | 90.2% | 25.1% |
| Uplift Summit Prep PS ARLINGTON | 688 | 87.1% | 33.9% |
| Uplift Wisdom Prep PS DALLAS | 593 | 90.4% | 26.1% |
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 Meyer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #3,316 of 4,401 | #471 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,897 of 4,466 ▲ 598 | #257 of 625 ▲ 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,713 of 4,466 ▼ 357 | #530 of 625 ▼ 57 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,213 of 3,998 | #179 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #1,049 of 4,938 | #262 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,642 of 4,622 | #351 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #2,117 of 4,628 | #277 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #1,247 of 4,789 | #300 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #2,254 of 2,838 | #366 of 441 |
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
680
+73 (+12%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 806
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 680 | 44.8 | 15.2:1 | 88% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 52.4 | 13.6:1 | 95% (672) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 91% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 93% (566) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 47.1 | 15.6:1 | 73% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 79% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 82% (609) |
| 2000-01 | 852 | 55 | 15.5:1 | 51% (436) |
| 1990-91 | 806 | 44 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meyer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (736 to 680); teachers down 5% (47.1 to 44.8).
About Meyer Elementary School
This page covers Meyer Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. Its 680 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% above the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
SPRING ISD serves 33,678 students across 42 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Meyer Elementary School is 56% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 39% Black and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Meyer Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Dividing enrollment by its 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 88% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Meyer Elementary School is 2.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.5% actual, 36.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
County data help place the school in context: in Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of Harris County number 1,205 and enroll about 886,911.
Nearest public school: Bammel Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Meyer Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Meyer Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.5% against a local average of 25.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Meyer Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 607 to 680. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.2:1, from 14.1:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Meyer Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Meyer Elementary. Meyer Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Meyer Elementary SchoolRICHMOND, TX · 478 students
- Meyer Elementary SchoolHONDO, TX · 431 students
- Meyer Elementary SchoolLEXINGTON, MI · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Bammel Middle School0.6 mi · 783
- The School for International Studies at Bammel0.6 mi · 88
- Westfield High School0.7 mi · 2,264
- Richey Academy1.1 mi · 56
- Andy Dekaney High School1.2 mi · 2,485
- Ralph Eickenroht Elementary School1.3 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Meyer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Meyer Elementary School?
Meyer Elementary School enrolls approximately 680 students in grades PK-05.
Is Meyer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meyer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Meyer Elementary School have?
Meyer Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meyer Elementary School?
At Meyer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 56% Hispanic, 39% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Meyer Elementary School?
Meyer Elementary School is overseen by SPRING ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.