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What tradition at REAGAN K-8 EDUCATIONAL CTR should never be changed?
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Enrollment
682
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364012085
Reagan K-8 Educational Center
4842 ANDERSON RD, HOUSTON, TX 77053 · (713) 556-9575 · Harris County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-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.
- B+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
12.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
635 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 55% smaller than its 8th grade class (95).
Student demographics
37%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
Reagan K-8 Educational Center→Madison High School
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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 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 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Reagan K-8 Educational Center
Reagan K-8 Educational Center's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reagan K-8 Educational Center this school | 682 | 93.1% | 32.4% |
| IDEA Southeast Academy FORT WORTH | 698 | 93.1% | 29.6% |
| Stehlik Elementary School HOUSTON | 683 | 91.9% | 28.7% |
| Tice Elementary School HOUSTON | 669 | 91.3% | 50.9% |
| Hines-Caldwell HOUSTON | 638 | 93.6% | 45.4% |
| Tyrrell Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 670 | 93.4% | 29.3% |
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 Reagan K-8 Educational Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,434 of 4,401 | #496 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,350 of 4,466 ▼ 498 | #497 of 625 ▼ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,681 of 4,466 ▼ 88 | #527 of 625 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,127 of 3,998 | #161 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #1,035 of 4,938 | #260 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #637 of 4,622 | #98 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.0% | #3,185 of 4,628 | #447 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #726 of 4,789 | #183 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.1% | #214 of 2,838 | #58 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
682
-192 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 682 | 53.7 | 12.7:1 | 93% (635) |
| 2023-24 | 765 | 61.9 | 12.3:1 | 95% (725) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 44.2 | 19.8:1 | 92% (803) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 94% (818) |
| 2017-18 | 1,102 | 66.6 | 16.6:1 | 92% (1,019) |
| 2015-16 | 1,060 | 61 | 17.4:1 | 98% (1,034) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reagan K-8 Educational Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (1,102 to 682); teachers down 19% (66.6 to 53.7).
About Reagan K-8 Educational Center
Reagan K-8 Educational Center operates as a mid-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. Federal data show 682 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 31% above that mark.
HOUSTON ISD counts 176,727 students in its 273 schools, and Reagan K-8 Educational Center is one of them.
About 76% of the student body at Reagan K-8 Educational Center is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 22% Black. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
Its ratio of 12.7:1 is based on 53.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. In all, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Reagan K-8 Educational Center lands at C, ahead of 33% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school with Reagan K-8 Educational Center's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 33.9%. Reagan K-8 Educational Center scores 32.4%, 1.6 points below that line.
Looking at the county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Reagan K-8 Educational Center, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
YES Prep Southwest Oaks Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Reagan K-8 Educational Center is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Reagan K-8 Educational Center at 4th of 6.
Reagan K-8 Educational Center has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2020-21, Reagan K-8 Educational Center enrolled 874 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 682. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Reagan K-8 Educational Center can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
Nearby schools
- YES Prep Southwest Oaks Elementary School0.4 mi · 447
- YES Prep - Southwest0.7 mi · 1,060
- Grissom Elementary School0.9 mi · 424
- Lawson Middle School1.1 mi · 1,069
- R D S P D1.1 mi · 46
- King Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Reagan K-8 Educational CenterHow large is Reagan K-8 Educational Center?
Reagan K-8 Educational Center enrolls approximately 682 students in grades KG-08.
Is Reagan K-8 Educational Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Reagan K-8 Educational Center is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Reagan K-8 Educational Center have?
Reagan K-8 Educational Center employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Reagan K-8 Educational Center?
Student demographics at Reagan K-8 Educational Center are roughly 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Reagan K-8 Educational Center in?
Reagan K-8 Educational Center is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.