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Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432001447
Morales Elementary School
305 W HARRIS AVE, PASADENA, TX 77506 · (713) 740-0664 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
356 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 57 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Morales Elementary School
Morales Elementary School's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morales Elementary School this school | 379 | 93.9% | 48.2% |
| Green El at Riverside Park SAN ANTONIO | 368 | 94.3% | 45.2% |
| Janowski Elementary School HOUSTON | 395 | 94.7% | 47.0% |
| Cable Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 392 | 94.4% | 30.8% |
| Sunrise Mountain Elementary School EL PASO | 397 | 93.2% | 41.5% |
| Passmore Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 384 | 91.9% | 22.8% |
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 Morales Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,611 of 4,401 | #197 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,341 of 4,466 ▲ 306 | #172 of 625 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,925 of 4,466 ▼ 1,181 | #400 of 625 ▼ 187 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,360 of 3,998 | #369 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #3,665 of 4,938 | #563 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #212 of 4,622 | #35 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #4,060 of 4,628 | #601 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #646 of 4,789 | #169 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #656 of 2,838 | #132 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
379
-97 (-20%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 379 | 33 | 11.5:1 | 94% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 96% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 35.9 | 11.9:1 | 96% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 91% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 85% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 87% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 23% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 43 | 16.9:1 | 81% (587) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morales Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (519 to 379); teachers down 11% (37 to 33).
About Morales Elementary School
Among the schools in PASADENA, Texas, is Morales Elementary School, a small elementary school. A total of 379 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 27% smaller than average.
The PASADENA ISD system has 67 schools and 46,491 students.
Morales Elementary School's enrollment is 94% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 3% Black and 2% White. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Morales Elementary School counts 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.5 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 11.5:1 here. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
BeatsExpectations places Morales Elementary School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 14.6 points above it (48.2% actual, 33.6% predicted).
Across Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Harris County is home to 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 public school students.
The school nearest to Morales Elementary School is Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Morales Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, Morales Elementary School's enrollment dropped 20%, to 379. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.2:1 to 11.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Morales Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena0.6 mi · 123
- Richey Elementary School0.6 mi · 505
- De Zavala Middle School0.7 mi · 457
- Jackson Intermediate School0.9 mi · 527
- Kruse Elementary School0.9 mi · 408
- Pasadena High School0.9 mi · 2,217
Frequently asked questions
About Morales Elementary SchoolHow large is Morales Elementary School?
Morales Elementary School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-04.
Is Morales Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morales Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Morales Elementary School have?
Morales Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morales Elementary School?
At Morales Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Morales Elementary School in?
Morales Elementary School is part of PASADENA ISD.
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