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PARK VIEW INT
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PARK VIEW INT
PARK VIEW INT, a cozy intermediate school in PASADENA, Texas, operated by PASADENA ISD, instructs 532 students, covering grades 7 through 8.
PARK VIEW INT is one of 67 schools operated by PASADENA ISD, a district that teaches 46,491 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, PARK VIEW INT shows that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 10% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PARK VIEW INT has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting PARK VIEW INT tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARK VIEW INT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.1%.
In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. PARK VIEW INT is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: FISHER EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARK VIEW INT at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 659 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
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