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Enrollment
711
Elementary
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVIN ISD·NCES 480809012913
Red Duke Elementary School
11330 MAGNOLIA PKWY, MANVEL, TX 77578 · (281) 245-3400 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
305 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Red Duke Elementary School
Red Duke Elementary School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Duke Elementary School this school | 711 | 42.9% | 49.1% |
| Phelan Elementary School RICHMOND | 743 | 46.8% | 47.0% |
| Manford Williams Elementary School RICHMOND | 683 | 47.4% | 66.5% |
| Cora Thomas Elementary School RICHMOND | 678 | 46.2% | 55.1% |
| John Arredondo Elementary School RICHMOND | 678 | 45.9% | 59.2% |
| Oakland Elementary School RICHMOND | 811 | 41.3% | 58.9% |
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 Red Duke Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,517 of 4,401 | #33 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,283 of 4,466 ▲ 607 | #23 of 52 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,151 of 4,466 ▲ 413 | #20 of 52 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #651 of 3,998 | #7 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #846 of 4,938 | #15 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,947 of 4,622 | #42 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #162 of 4,628 | #7 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #3,845 of 4,789 | #42 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.4% | #216 of 1,307 | #3 of 14 |
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
711
+104 (+17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 711 | 45.7 | 15.6:1 | 43% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 44.4 | 16.3:1 | 48% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 40.3 | 15.2:1 | 42% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 36% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 36.8 | 14.5:1 | 26% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 983 | 58 | 16.9:1 | 34% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Duke Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (533 to 711); teachers up 24% (36.8 to 45.7).
About Red Duke Elementary School
Families in MANVEL, Texas, are served by Red Duke Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 711 students. Enrollment is 37% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
Within ALVIN ISD, Red Duke Elementary School is one of 37 schools. The district enrolls 30,038 students.
Red Duke Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 33%. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Brazoria County, the Black share is about 16%. Red Duke Elementary School has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Red Duke Elementary School counts 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.6 students for each one. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. About 43% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The model predicts 55.4% for a school in Texas with Red Duke Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Red Duke Elementary School posts 49.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Brazoria County show that median household income is about $97,993, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Red Duke Elementary School is one of 115 public schools in Brazoria County, which together enroll about 75,767 students.
Nearest public school: Shadow Creek High School, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Red Duke Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Red Duke Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 49.1% versus a 70.2% average.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 607 in 2020-21 and 711 in 2024-25, a rise of 104 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.6:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALVIN ISD
- Alvin High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Manvel High SchoolHigh · 2,238 students
- Iowa Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,781 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Rodeo Palms Junior High SchoolMiddle · 842 students
Other schools in MANVEL
- Manvel High SchoolHigh · 2,238 students
- Rodeo Palms Junior High SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- Pomona Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Manvel Junior High SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- E C Mason Elementary SchoolElementary · 692 students
- Jackie Doucet Caffey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 540 students
Nearby schools
- Shadow Creek High School0.8 mi · 2,599
- Pomona Elementary School0.8 mi · 721
- Shirley Dill Brothers Elementary School1.3 mi · 665
- Silvercrest Elementary School1.6 mi · 704
- Silverlake Elementary School1.8 mi · 691
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High School1.8 mi · 1,034
Frequently asked questions
About Red Duke Elementary SchoolHow large is Red Duke Elementary School?
Red Duke Elementary School enrolls approximately 711 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Red Duke Elementary School serve?
Red Duke Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Red Duke Elementary School have?
Red Duke Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Red Duke Elementary School?
At Red Duke Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 30% Hispanic, 33% Black, 20% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Red Duke Elementary School?
Red Duke Elementary School is overseen by ALVIN ISD in Brazoria County.
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