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Enrollment
1,233
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002555
Pilgrim Academy
6302 SKYLINE, HOUSTON, TX 77057 · (713) 458-4672 · Harris County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,233 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
1,203 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 | 68 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (118).
Student demographics
14%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
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% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp 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 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 16.0% |
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% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Pilgrim Academy
Pilgrim Academy's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilgrim Academy this school | 1,233 | 97.6% | 44.0% |
| Dr Josefina Villamil Tinajero PK-8 EL PASO | 1,231 | 96.2% | 20.2% |
| Santa Fe Elementary School CLEVELAND | 1,072 | 97.5% | 19.4% |
| Cottonwood Elementary School CLEVELAND | 1,023 | 94.7% | 23.3% |
| Pine Burr Elementary School CLEVELAND | 1,017 | 95.5% | 15.8% |
| Southside Elementary School CLEVELAND | 1,016 | 94.1% | 21.9% |
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 Pilgrim Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,088 of 4,401 | #269 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,067 of 4,466 ▲ 156 | #127 of 625 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,832 of 4,466 ▲ 410 | #236 of 625 ▲ 56 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #573 of 3,998 | #73 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,233 | #21 of 4,938 | #6 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #4,252 of 4,622 | #601 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #3,969 of 4,628 | #588 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #228 of 4,789 | #71 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #850 of 1,307 | #82 of 148 |
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
1,233
+105 (+9%) vs 2020
+70% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,233 | 67.9 | 18.2:1 | 98% (1,203) |
| 2023-24 | 1,303 | 66.9 | 19.5:1 | 98% (1,275) |
| 2022-23 | 1,233 | 66 | 18.7:1 | 96% (1,180) |
| 2020-21 | 1,128 | 64 | 17.6:1 | 97% (1,099) |
| 2017-18 | 1,144 | 64.5 | 17.7:1 | 96% (1,098) |
| 2015-16 | 1,127 | 62 | 18.2:1 | 97% (1,093) |
| 2010-11 | 1,071 | 58 | 18.5:1 | 55% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 35 | 21.9:1 | 94% (721) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 37 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pilgrim Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,144 to 1,233); teachers up 5% (64.5 to 67.9).
About Pilgrim Academy
Pilgrim Academy is a public large elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school serves 1,233 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 138% above that.
HOUSTON ISD is responsible for 273 schools, Pilgrim Academy included, with 176,727 students in all.
Most students at Pilgrim Academy are Hispanic: 93% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Black and 2% White. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pilgrim Academy has a diversity index of 14%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Pilgrim Academy employs 67.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.2:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 98% in 2024-25. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.0% for Pilgrim Academy. The school posts 44.0%, 11.9 points above the prediction.
Across Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Pilgrim Academy is among the 1,205 public schools in Harris County.
Wisdom High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Pilgrim Academy ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 44.0% versus a 42.1% average.
In the federal locale system, Pilgrim Academy is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,128 in 2020-21 and 1,233 in 2024-25, a increase of 105 students.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Wisdom High School0.3 mi · 1,965
- Southwest Public Schools College &career Prep Academy0.5 mi · 462
- Southwest Public Schools Lead &global Studies Academy0.5 mi · 284
- Benavidez Elementary School0.8 mi · 782
- Draw Academy0.8 mi · 696
- Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School1.0 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Pilgrim AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Pilgrim Academy?
Pilgrim Academy enrolls approximately 1,233 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Pilgrim Academy serve?
Pilgrim Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pilgrim Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pilgrim Academy is approximately 18.2:1 (68 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pilgrim Academy?
Pilgrim Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Pilgrim Academy in?
Pilgrim Academy is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.