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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALVESTON ISD·NCES 482028006412
Oppe Elementary School
2915 81ST ST, GALVESTON, TX 77554 · (409) 761-6500 · Galveston County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
375 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (125).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 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 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 29.0% | 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 year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Oppe Elementary School
Oppe Elementary School's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oppe Elementary School this school | 669 | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| Farmersville Intermediate School FARMERSVILLE | 680 | 55.3% | 44.5% |
| Goodwin Frazier Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 662 | 55.0% | 48.3% |
| Newport Elementary School CROSBY | 701 | 53.9% | 51.8% |
| Greenleaf Elementary School SPLENDORA | 689 | 54.6% | 34.1% |
| Flour Bluff Primary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 716 | 58.4% | N/A |
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 Oppe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #830 of 4,401 | #15 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,059 of 4,466 ▼ 241 | #21 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,252 of 4,466 ▼ 351 | #18 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #1,070 of 3,998 | #15 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #1,134 of 4,938 | #14 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #3,030 of 4,622 | #28 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #1,265 of 4,628 | #18 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #3,313 of 4,789 | #29 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #1,239 of 1,307 | #12 of 13 |
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
669
+82 (+14%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 669 | 42.7 | 15.7:1 | 56% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 43.9 | 14.2:1 | 62% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 46.2 | 13.2:1 | 63% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 53% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 52% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 43 | 16.9:1 | 56% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 73% (456) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 35% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 38 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oppe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (662 to 669); teachers down 1% (43 to 42.7).
About Oppe Elementary School
Oppe Elementary School is an elementary school in GALVESTON, Texas, according to federal school records. The latest federal count shows 669 students in pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 29% larger than average.
The 14 schools in GALVESTON ISD enroll 7,662 students altogether, Oppe Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Oppe Elementary School, with 45% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 42% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Galveston County's residents are about 26% Hispanic, 18 points below the school's share. Oppe Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Oppe Elementary School employs 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.7:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Oppe Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 56%. Across public schools in Galveston County, the average is about the same, 57%.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.8%. Oppe Elementary School scores 58.8%.
Among Galveston County residents, median household income is about $86,105, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 95 public schools in Galveston County, with a combined enrollment of about 62,767.
The closest public school, Weis, is about 0.7 miles from Oppe Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Oppe Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Oppe Elementary School went from 587 students to 669.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALVESTON ISD
- Ball High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- WeisMiddle · 844 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Morgan El Magnet SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Burnet Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
Other schools in GALVESTON
- Ball High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- WeisMiddle · 844 students
- Odyssey Academy - GalvestonCombined · 795 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Morgan El Magnet SchoolElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Weis0.7 mi · 844
- Parker Elementary School1.0 mi · 436
- Odyssey Academy - Galveston1.5 mi · 795
- Burnet Elementary School1.8 mi · 562
- Ambassadors Preparatory Academy2.1 mi · 167
- Aim College & Career Prep2.3 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About Oppe Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oppe Elementary School?
Oppe Elementary School enrolls approximately 669 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Oppe Elementary School serve?
Oppe Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Oppe Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Oppe Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oppe Elementary School?
At Oppe Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 45% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Oppe Elementary School public or private?
Oppe Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GALVESTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.