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Enrollment
769
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003841
Pomeroy Elementary School
920 BURKE RD, PASADENA, TX 77506 · (713) 740-0696 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL769 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
710 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 109 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 152 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (122).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 25.0% | 24.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Pomeroy Elementary School
Pomeroy Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pomeroy Elementary School this school | 769 | 92.3% | 43.4% |
| McGhee Elementary School CHANNELVIEW | 770 | 92.6% | 43.1% |
| Schenck Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 828 | 93.1% | 32.8% |
| Highland Hills Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 715 | 93.0% | 22.1% |
| KIPP Explore Academy HOUSTON | 756 | 92.1% | 42.6% |
| Patterson Elementary School HOUSTON | 811 | 94.0% | 45.9% |
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 Pomeroy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #2,162 of 4,401 | #282 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,376 of 4,466 ▼ 620 | #501 of 625 ▼ 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,387 of 4,466 ▼ 893 | #476 of 625 ▼ 140 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #256 of 3,998 | #27 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 769 | #559 of 4,938 | #156 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #985 of 4,622 | #140 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #3,755 of 4,628 | #555 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #802 of 4,789 | #196 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #1,723 of 2,838 | #296 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
769
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 769 | 58 | 13.3:1 | 92% (710) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 89% (672) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 92% (729) |
| 2020-21 | 778 | 58 | 13.4:1 | 90% (698) |
| 2017-18 | 890 | 58.4 | 15.2:1 | 91% (806) |
| 2015-16 | 916 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 90% (826) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 48 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 936 | 50 | 18.7:1 | 90% (839) |
| 1990-91 | 810 | 37 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pomeroy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (890 to 769); teachers down 1% (58.4 to 58).
About Pomeroy Elementary School
Pomeroy Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in PASADENA, Texas, under PASADENA ISD. It has an enrollment of 769 students in pre-K through 4. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
PASADENA ISD counts 46,491 students in its 67 schools, and Pomeroy Elementary School is one of them.
Pomeroy Elementary School is 89% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% White and 5% Black. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
There are 58 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Pomeroy Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.4% and a predicted 34.3%.
For Harris County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Pomeroy Elementary School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Pomeroy Elementary School is closest to Red Bluff Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Pomeroy Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 43.4% versus a 38.3% average.
Pomeroy Elementary School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (778) to 2024-25 (769).
People who know Pomeroy Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Pomeroy Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Pomeroy Elementary. Pomeroy Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Pomeroy Elementary SchoolCHANDLER, AZ · 512 students
- Pomeroy ElementarySanta Clara, CA · 300 students
- Pomeroy Elementary SchoolPOMEROY, WA · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Red Bluff Elementary School0.5 mi · 476
- Sparks Elementary School0.5 mi · 370
- Unlimited Visions Aftercare0.7 mi · 14
- Gardens Elementary School0.8 mi · 382
- Bobby Shaw Middle School0.9 mi · 655
- Jackson Intermediate School1.0 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Pomeroy Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pomeroy Elementary School?
Pomeroy Elementary School enrolls approximately 769 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Pomeroy Elementary School serve?
Pomeroy Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Pomeroy Elementary School have?
Pomeroy Elementary School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pomeroy Elementary School?
At Pomeroy Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pomeroy Elementary School in?
Pomeroy Elementary School is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.