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How has POE EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
748
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002559
Poe Elementary School
5100 HAZARD ST, HOUSTON, TX 77098 · (713) 535-3780 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL748 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
262 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
73%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 26.0% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Poe Elementary School
Poe Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poe Elementary School this school | 748 | 35.0% | 55.1% |
| Hutto Elementary School HUTTO | 820 | 34.8% | 47.3% |
| Frank Elementary School KLEIN | 692 | 32.1% | 66.7% |
| Brill Elementary School KLEIN | 653 | 38.3% | 56.3% |
| Benjamin Doc Kerley Elementary School HUTTO | 806 | 39.5% | 47.4% |
| Berkshire Elementary School FORT WORTH | 688 | 38.4% | 37.1% |
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 Poe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,052 of 4,401 | #113 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,061 of 4,466 ▼ 766 | #286 of 625 ▼ 128 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,361 of 4,466 ▼ 458 | #169 of 625 ▼ 79 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,187 of 3,998 | #172 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 748 | #643 of 4,938 | #181 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #4,278 of 4,622 | #607 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #220 of 4,628 | #29 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #4,094 of 4,789 | #611 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #1,588 of 2,838 | #278 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
748
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
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 | 748 | 40.9 | 18.3:1 | 35% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 736 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 35% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 46 | 17.2:1 | 34% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 776 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 27% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 44.8 | 19.7:1 | 28% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 42 | 18.9:1 | 30% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 31% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 44 | 15.5:1 | 34% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 771 | 46 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (881 to 748); teachers down 9% (44.8 to 40.9).
About Poe Elementary School
Poe Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in HOUSTON, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 748 students. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Within HOUSTON ISD, Poe Elementary School is one of 273 schools. The district enrolls 176,727 students.
No group is above 50% at Poe Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 39%. It is also 28% White, 17% Black, 10% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
Classroom staffing at Poe Elementary School totals 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Federal data show 35% of students (262) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Harris County report 70%.
In Texas, Poe Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 55.1% actual against a predicted 58.7%.
The school is in Harris County, where the median household earns about $74,983 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Poe Elementary School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Lanier Middle School is about 1.0 miles from Poe Elementary School. The five-mile area around Poe Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 55.1% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Poe Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 748, down from 776 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Poe Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Poe Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Poe Elementary. Poe Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Poe ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 324 students
Nearby schools
- Lanier Middle School1.0 mi · 1,485
- Roberts Elementary School1.1 mi · 721
- Arabic Immersion Magnet School1.3 mi · 609
- Lamar High School1.4 mi · 2,968
- Ella J Baker Montessori School1.5 mi · 610
- Debakey H S for Health Prof1.5 mi · 929
Frequently asked questions
About Poe Elementary SchoolHow large is Poe Elementary School?
Poe Elementary School enrolls approximately 748 students in grades PK-05.
Is Poe Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Poe Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Poe Elementary School have?
Poe Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Poe Elementary School?
At Poe Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 39% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Poe Elementary School in?
Poe Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.