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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122004717
Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School
2633 TRAILING VINE RD, SPRING, TX 77373 · (281) 891-8330 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
511 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 77 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School
Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School this school | 630 | 81.1% | 31.9% |
| Cannaday Elementary School MESQUITE | 616 | 81.2% | 33.0% |
| Smith Elementary School SPRING | 624 | 80.1% | 26.9% |
| Iltexas Arlington Elementary School ARLINGTON | 663 | 83.9% | 29.9% |
| Drew Elementary School CROSBY | 602 | 81.1% | 40.0% |
| Mildred Jenkins Elementary School SPRING | 603 | 83.9% | 35.0% |
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 Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,492 of 4,401 | #508 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,899 of 4,466 ▲ 736 | #259 of 625 ▲ 112 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,618 of 4,466 ▲ 101 | #517 of 625 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #727 of 3,998 | #99 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #1,401 of 4,938 | #317 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,631 of 4,622 | #348 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #1,571 of 4,628 | #204 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #1,873 of 4,789 | #396 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #1,924 of 2,838 | #328 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
630
-48 (-7%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 630 | 41.5 | 15.2:1 | 81% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 46.3 | 14.9:1 | 87% (599) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 44.8 | 14.4:1 | 86% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 50 | 13.6:1 | 86% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 45.7 | 15.6:1 | 75% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 54 | 13.0:1 | 72% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 835 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 72% (598) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 24% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 755 | 42 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (711 to 630); teachers down 9% (45.7 to 41.5).
About Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School
Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in SPRING, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 630 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
SPRING ISD has 42 schools; together they serve 33,678 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School is 56%, a majority. The school is also 31% Black, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
The school's 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. At Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
Test results at Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School are 7.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (31.9% actual, 39.0% predicted).
Looking at the county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Sam Houston State University Charter School, is the closest to Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School. Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 34.9%, higher than Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School's 31.9%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 48 students, from 678 to 630. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.2:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
Other schools in SPRING
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- York Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,009 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Cox Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston State University Charter School0.6 mi · 437
- Twin Creeks Middle School0.8 mi · 848
- Gloria Marshall Elementary School1.2 mi · 876
- John Winship Elementary School1.4 mi · 524
- Smith Elementary School1.6 mi · 624
- Legacy School of Sport Sciences1.7 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About Pearl M Hirsch Elementary SchoolHow large is Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School?
Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School serve?
Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 56% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School?
Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School is overseen by SPRING ISD in Harris County.
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