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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at RAY DAILY EL this year?
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Enrollment
853
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364010752
Ray Daily Elementary School
12909 BRIAR FOREST, HOUSTON, TX 77077 · (281) 368-2111 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL853 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% 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.
- DThree-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
19.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
573 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 | 84 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
71%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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 16.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Ray Daily Elementary School
Ray Daily Elementary School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Daily Elementary School this school | 853 | 67.2% | 43.3% |
| Iltexas Saginaw Elementary School SAGINAW | 881 | 66.6% | 32.5% |
| Andre Elementary School CYPRESS | 1,014 | 69.3% | 38.9% |
| Leonard Elementary School KATY | 1,051 | 65.2% | 39.0% |
| Don Jeter Elementary School ROSHARON | 800 | 71.6% | 47.0% |
| Haynes Elementary School KILLEEN | 811 | 67.7% | 43.4% |
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 Ray Daily Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #2,184 of 4,401 | #290 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,237 of 4,466 ▼ 990 | #482 of 625 ▼ 170 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,165 of 4,466 ▼ 244 | #283 of 625 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #399 of 3,998 | #49 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 853 | #298 of 4,938 | #101 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #4,379 of 4,622 | #623 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #452 of 4,628 | #58 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #2,716 of 4,789 | #496 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #1,199 of 1,307 | #135 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
853
+132 (+18%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
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 | 853 | 44.6 | 19.1:1 | 67% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 841 | 43.9 | 19.2:1 | 67% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 830 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 67% (559) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 60% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 40.1 | 20.9:1 | 64% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 39 | 18.5:1 | 51% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 40 | 19.9:1 | 42% (331) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ray Daily Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (838 to 853); teachers up 11% (40.1 to 44.6).
About Ray Daily Elementary School
Ray Daily Elementary School is a large elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. It reported 853 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
HOUSTON ISD counts 273 schools and 176,727 students, including Ray Daily Elementary School.
No group is above 50% at Ray Daily Elementary School; the largest is Black, at 37%. Other reported shares: 36% Hispanic, 12% White, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Harris County's residents are about 19% Black, 18 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ray Daily Elementary School scores 71%.
With 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.1:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ray Daily Elementary School, 67% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ray Daily Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% 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 45.0% for Ray Daily Elementary School. The school posts 43.3%, 1.8 points below the prediction.
Looking at the county, Harris County, 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. Counting Ray Daily Elementary School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Ray Daily Elementary School is closest to Nottingham Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ray Daily Elementary School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 853, from 721 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 17.6:1 to 19.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Nottingham Elementary School1.0 mi · 746
- West Briar Middle School1.0 mi · 994
- Bush Elementary School1.1 mi · 703
- Ashford Elementary School1.2 mi · 582
- Westside High School1.4 mi · 2,729
- Shadowbriar Elementary School1.5 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Ray Daily Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ray Daily Elementary School?
Ray Daily Elementary School enrolls approximately 853 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ray Daily Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ray Daily Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ray Daily Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ray Daily Elementary School is approximately 19.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ray Daily Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ray Daily Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 36% Hispanic, 37% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Ray Daily Elementary School in?
Ray Daily Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.