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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965021247
Mission West Elementary School
7325 CLODINE RD, HOUSTON, TX 77083 · (281) 634-4320 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
410 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 79 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Mission West Elementary School
Mission West Elementary School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission West Elementary School this school | 513 | 79.9% | 53.0% |
| Rees Elementary School HOUSTON | 526 | 81.4% | 49.8% |
| Sigler Elementary School PLANO | 485 | 80.8% | 26.4% |
| Dessau Elementary School AUSTIN | 554 | 82.7% | 17.1% |
| Ursula Stephens Elementary School KATY | 578 | 78.9% | 50.4% |
| Townewest Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 462 | 82.7% | 38.0% |
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 Mission West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,198 of 4,401 | #66 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,732 of 4,466 ▼ 1,365 | #96 of 113 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,524 of 4,466 ▼ 735 | #79 of 113 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #491 of 3,998 | #12 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #2,392 of 4,938 | #90 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #689 of 4,622 | #21 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #2,477 of 4,628 | #97 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #1,961 of 4,789 | #24 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,304 of 2,838 | #32 of 61 |
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
513
-61 (-11%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 513 | 40.1 | 12.8:1 | 80% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 46.2 | 12.1:1 | 83% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 42.5 | 12.3:1 | 87% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 76% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 75% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 50 | 13.4:1 | 67% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 65% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 911 | 54 | 16.9:1 | 38% (350) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (629 to 513); teachers down 11% (45 to 40.1).
About Mission West Elementary School
Mission West Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, (ZIP code 77083). It serves 513 students in pre-K through 5.
Mission West Elementary School is one of 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD, which enrolls 79,663 students in total.
At 69%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Mission West Elementary School combined. The school is also 15% Black, 8% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 25%. The chance that two students picked at random at Mission West Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
With 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Mission West Elementary School was 12.8:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 80%. For comparison, public schools in Fort Bend County average 42%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Mission West Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Mission West Elementary School is 13.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Within Fort Bend County, median household income is about $114,041, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 217 public schools in Fort Bend County, with a combined enrollment of about 191,372.
The next-closest public school is Barbara Jordan Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Mission West Elementary School's average proficiency of 53.0% compares with 42.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Mission West Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 574 in 2020-21 and 513 in 2024-25, a decrease of 61 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.7:1 to 12.8:1.
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Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 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
Nearby schools
- Barbara Jordan Elementary School0.6 mi · 410
- George Bush High School0.8 mi · 2,428
- Mission Bend Glen Elementary School1.3 mi · 460
- Hodges Bend Middle School1.3 mi · 765
- Mary Austin Holley Elementary School1.4 mi · 648
- Rees Elementary School1.5 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Mission West Elementary SchoolHow large is Mission West Elementary School?
Mission West Elementary School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mission West Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mission West Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mission West Elementary School have?
Mission West Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission West Elementary School?
At Mission West Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 69% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mission West Elementary School in?
Mission West Elementary School is part of FORT BEND ISD.
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