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What's the most underrated thing about PURPLE SAGE EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025021304
Purple Sage Elementary School
6500 PURPLE SAGE BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77049 · (832) 386-3100 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
393 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 33.0% | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 38.0% | 20.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Purple Sage Elementary School
Purple Sage Elementary School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purple Sage Elementary School this school | 428 | 91.8% | 48.0% |
| Overton Elementary School AUSTIN | 440 | 92.5% | 17.0% |
| Golden Rule Desoto DESOTO | 402 | 91.3% | 36.4% |
| Anderson Elementary School ARLINGTON | 426 | 92.0% | 26.2% |
| John J Pershing Elementary School DALLAS | 457 | 91.9% | 43.9% |
| Nathan Adams Elementary School DALLAS | 435 | 95.4% | 39.4% |
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 Purple Sage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,636 of 4,401 | #200 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,005 of 4,466 ▲ 526 | #116 of 625 ▲ 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,024 of 4,466 ▲ 166 | #119 of 625 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #651 of 3,998 | #84 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #3,248 of 4,938 | #526 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #882 of 4,622 | #129 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #3,467 of 4,628 | #500 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #864 of 4,789 | #214 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #1,026 of 2,838 | #196 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
428
-116 (-21%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 428 | 32.7 | 13.1:1 | 92% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 33.5 | 13.6:1 | 93% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 31.5 | 14.3:1 | 94% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 91% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 86% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 86% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 85% (478) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 66% (514) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Purple Sage Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (548 to 428); teachers down 7% (35 to 32.7).
About Purple Sage Elementary School
Purple Sage Elementary School serves students in HOUSTON, Texas, as a small elementary school. The latest federal count shows 428 students in pre-K through 5.
GALENA PARK ISD counts 26 schools and 20,862 students, including Purple Sage Elementary School.
About 83% of the student body at Purple Sage Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 14% Black and 3% White. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.1:1, with 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Purple Sage Elementary School is 92%. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Purple Sage Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Purple Sage Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.0% is 13.5 points above the 34.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Harris County census figures show that the median household income is $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Harris County is home to 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 public school students.
Cobb 6th Grade Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Purple Sage Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Purple Sage Elementary School's average proficiency of 48.0% compares with 46.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Purple Sage Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 116 students since 2020-21, to 428. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.1:1 to 13.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Purple Sage Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 GALENA PARK ISD
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Galena Park High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- North Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,299 students
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusMiddle · 991 students
- North Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 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 Purple Sage Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Purple Sage Elementary. Purple Sage Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Purple Sage Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 502 students
- PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARYCALDWELL, ID · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Cobb 6th Grade Campus0.8 mi · 991
- Galena Park ISD Career & Technical ECHS0.9 mi · 487
- Dr Shirley J Williamson Elementary School1.0 mi · 621
- Tice Elementary School1.1 mi · 669
- IDEA Lake Houston Academy1.1 mi · 719
- IDEA Lake Houston College Preparatory1.1 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Purple Sage Elementary SchoolHow large is Purple Sage Elementary School?
Purple Sage Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Purple Sage Elementary School serve?
Purple Sage Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Purple Sage Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Purple Sage Elementary School.
How diverse is Purple Sage Elementary School?
Purple Sage Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 83% Hispanic, 14% Black.
Is Purple Sage Elementary School public or private?
Purple Sage Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GALENA PARK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.