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What's one thing PATTERSON EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
811
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002550
Patterson Elementary School
5302 ALLENDALE RD, HOUSTON, TX 77017 · (713) 943-5750 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
762 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 157 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Patterson Elementary School→Stevenson Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Patterson Elementary School
Patterson Elementary School's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Elementary School this school | 811 | 94.0% | 45.9% |
| Schenck Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 828 | 93.1% | 32.8% |
| Bell's Hill Elementary School WACO | 786 | 95.5% | 30.8% |
| Thornton Elementary School ARLINGTON | 849 | 93.5% | 19.1% |
| KIPP Explore Academy HOUSTON | 756 | 92.1% | 42.6% |
| McGhee Elementary School CHANNELVIEW | 770 | 92.6% | 43.1% |
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 Patterson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,861 of 4,401 | #232 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,298 of 4,466 ▼ 370 | #318 of 625 ▼ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,831 of 4,466 ▲ 534 | #235 of 625 ▲ 77 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,490 of 3,998 | #397 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #409 of 4,938 | #124 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #3,836 of 4,622 | #526 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #3,922 of 4,628 | #583 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #641 of 4,789 | #167 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #1,752 of 2,838 | #298 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
811
-64 (-7%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 811 | 48 | 16.9:1 | 94% (762) |
| 2023-24 | 877 | 49 | 17.9:1 | 96% (844) |
| 2022-23 | 921 | 49 | 18.8:1 | 95% (879) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 93% (817) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 53 | 17.6:1 | 84% (784) |
| 2015-16 | 973 | 53 | 18.4:1 | 90% (874) |
| 2010-11 | 824 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 61% (506) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 45 | 19.3:1 | 69% (596) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 34 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patterson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (935 to 811); teachers down 9% (53 to 48).
About Patterson Elementary School
Patterson Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. Enrolled students number 811 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
Patterson Elementary School is one of the 273 schools that make up HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students in total).
About 92% of the student body at Patterson Elementary School is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 6% Black. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.9:1, with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Patterson Elementary School is 94%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Patterson Elementary School scores 45.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.6%.
Census estimates describe Harris County this way: the median household income is $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
The closest public school to Patterson Elementary School is Chavez High School, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 45.9% is above the 40.8% average for nearby schools.
Patterson Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Patterson Elementary School dropped 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 875 to 811 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Patterson Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Patterson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Patterson Elementary. Patterson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Patterson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 1,024 students
- Patterson ElementaryMESA, AZ · 733 students
- Patterson ElementaryFremont, CA · 558 students
- Patterson Elementary SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 518 students
- Patterson Elementary SchoolPatterson, GA · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Chavez High School0.8 mi · 1,857
- Stevenson Middle School0.8 mi · 1,096
- Rucker Elementary School0.8 mi · 434
- Williams Elementary School0.9 mi · 455
- Queens Intermediate School0.9 mi · 526
- Bonner Elementary School1.1 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Patterson Elementary SchoolHow large is Patterson Elementary School?
Patterson Elementary School enrolls approximately 811 students in grades PK-05.
Is Patterson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Patterson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Patterson Elementary School have?
Patterson Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Patterson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Patterson Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Patterson Elementary School public or private?
Patterson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.