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Oakland Elementary School

4455 WATERSIDE ESTATES DR, RICHMOND, TX 77406 · (281) 634-3730 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Texas public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • CThree-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

Enrollment
811
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
335 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K20%
Kindergarten10313%
Grade 111414%
Grade 214218%
Grade 313517%
Grade 416220%
Grade 515319%

This year's kindergarten class (103) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).

Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
15719%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
17021%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Black
25431%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 13% · US 15%
Asian
18222%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
486%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 5%
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
Male
40049%
Female
41151%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Oakland Elementary School→James Bowie Middle School→William B Travis High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading42.0%29.0%17.0%12.0%
Mathematics31.0%27.0%22.0%20.0%
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 yearReadingMathematics
2025-2671.0%58.0%
2024-2570.0%61.0%
2023-2470.0%55.0%
2022-2366.0%63.0%
2021-2269.0%61.0%
2020-2152.0%49.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Oakland Elementary School

Oakland Elementary School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Oakland Elementary School this school81141.3%58.9%
H F McNeill Elementary School
RICHMOND
92637.6%70.3%
Don Carter Elementary School
RICHMOND
75838.0%69.2%
Red Duke Elementary School
MANVEL
71142.9%49.1%
Phelan Elementary School
RICHMOND
74346.8%47.0%
Manford Williams Elementary School
RICHMOND
68347.4%66.5%
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 Oakland Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn TexasIn Fort Bend County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
58.9%#823 of 4,401#56 of 113
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
58.0%#1,056 of 4,466
▼ 240
#65 of 113
▼ 9
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
71.0%#666 of 4,466
▲ 69
#54 of 113
no change
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+0.0pp#2,815 of 3,998#73 of 104
Enrollment
ranked largest first
811#407 of 4,938#41 of 119
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.6:1#3,651 of 4,622#79 of 116
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
76.7%#39 of 4,628#6 of 116
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
41.3%#3,899 of 4,789#67 of 117
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.5%#1,155 of 1,307#30 of 34
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 2024-25
Enrollment
811
-63 (-7%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-258114916.6:141% (335)
2023-2487655.215.9:147% (411)
2022-2391954.516.9:147% (435)
2020-218746014.6:134% (301)
2017-1879149.116.1:122% (176)
2015-161,0526516.2:115% (162)
2010-118394817.5:115% (126)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakland Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students up 3% (791 to 811); teachers unchanged (49.1 to 49).

About Oakland Elementary School

Among the schools in RICHMOND, Texas, is Oakland Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 811 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.

FORT BEND ISD runs Oakland Elementary School along with 82 other schools, enrolling 79,663 students in total.

Oakland Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 31%. Smaller groups are 22% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 19% White, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 21% of Fort Bend County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Oakland Elementary School comes in at 77%.

A ratio of 16.6:1 comes from the school's 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 41% of students at Oakland Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County.

The allk12 Grade for Oakland Elementary School is B+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Oakland Elementary School is 2.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (58.9% versus 56.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.

In the county around the school, 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 share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 217 public schools operate in Fort Bend County, serving about 191,372 students.

The closest other public school is Judge James C Adolphus Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Oakland Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Oakland Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.

Oakland Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 811 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 874. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.6:1.

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Fort Bend County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Oakland Elementary School
District
FORT BEND ISD
Address
4455 WATERSIDE ESTATES DR, RICHMOND, TX 77406
Phone
(281) 634-3730
County
Fort Bend County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
811
Teachers (FTE)
49
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
335 (41%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
481965011220
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
Other schools in RICHMOND
Other Oakland Elementary schools

15 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakland Elementary. Oakland Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 16.

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Frequently asked questions

About Oakland Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Oakland Elementary School?
Oakland Elementary School enrolls approximately 811 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oakland Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakland Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oakland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oakland Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakland Elementary School?
At Oakland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 21% Hispanic, 31% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Oakland Elementary School public or private?
Oakland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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