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Enrollment
859
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004685
Pine Shadows Elementary School
9900 NEUENS, HOUSTON, TX 77080 · (713) 251-6500 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL859 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
599 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 153 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 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 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Pine Shadows Elementary School
Pine Shadows Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Shadows Elementary School this school | 859 | 69.7% | 43.9% |
| Barbara Jordan Elementary School ODESSA | 807 | 66.7% | 31.4% |
| Purple Heart Elementary School EL PASO | 914 | 71.8% | 43.6% |
| Lujan-Chavez Elementary School EL PASO | 923 | 70.4% | 53.3% |
| Dumas North Elementary School DUMAS | 738 | 68.2% | 62.7% |
| Zelma Hutsell Elementary School KATY | 804 | 67.3% | 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 Pine Shadows Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,098 of 4,401 | #271 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,808 of 4,466 ▲ 468 | #242 of 625 ▲ 73 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,987 of 4,466 ▲ 418 | #256 of 625 ▲ 61 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #767 of 3,998 | #105 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 859 | #279 of 4,938 | #95 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,896 of 4,622 | #262 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #3,051 of 4,628 | #429 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #2,576 of 4,789 | #482 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.8% | #600 of 1,307 | #62 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
859
+119 (+16%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 859 | 59.7 | 14.4:1 | 70% (599) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 50.8 | 15.2:1 | 68% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 72% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 77% (569) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 48.4 | 15.6:1 | 77% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 78% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 85% (623) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 75% (550) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 27 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Shadows Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (755 to 859); teachers up 23% (48.4 to 59.7).
About Pine Shadows Elementary School
Pine Shadows Elementary School is a large elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD. Its enrollment is 859 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
SPRING BRANCH ISD counts 46 schools and 33,793 students, including Pine Shadows Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Pine Shadows Elementary School is Hispanic: 76%. The remaining shares are 15% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
Pine Shadows Elementary School has 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. At Pine Shadows Elementary School, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Harris County is similar, at 70%.
Pine Shadows Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.9% for Pine Shadows Elementary School. The school posts 43.9%, within a point of the prediction.
Harris County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harris County's 1,205 public schools enroll about 886,911 students and include Pine Shadows Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Spring Woods Middle School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.2%; Pine Shadows Elementary School's is 43.9%, ranking 2nd of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Pine Shadows Elementary School enrolled 740 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 859. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 14.4:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 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
- Spring Woods Middle School0.2 mi · 778
- Spring Woods High School0.7 mi · 2,020
- Northbrook High School0.8 mi · 2,398
- The Tiger Trail School0.8 mi · 286
- Spring Oaks Middle School0.9 mi · 565
- Spring Shadows Elementary School1.0 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Shadows Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pine Shadows Elementary School?
Pine Shadows Elementary School enrolls approximately 859 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Pine Shadows Elementary School serve?
Pine Shadows Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Pine Shadows Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Pine Shadows Elementary School.
How diverse is Pine Shadows Elementary School?
Pine Shadows Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 76% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pine Shadows Elementary School public or private?
Pine Shadows Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.