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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002563
Red Elementary School
4520 TONAWANDA DR, HOUSTON, TX 77035 · (713) 726-3638 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
357 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 | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
57%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 29.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Red Elementary School
Red Elementary School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Elementary School this school | 530 | 67.4% | 50.0% |
| Mike Moseley Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 613 | 67.4% | 44.5% |
| Neysa Callison Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 631 | 67.5% | 34.6% |
| Jose De Jesus and Maria Luisa Vega Elementary School MCKINNEY | 491 | 70.7% | 38.4% |
| Crockett Elementary School HOUSTON | 482 | 65.1% | 44.7% |
| Basswood Elementary School FORT WORTH | 563 | 64.3% | 42.6% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,430 of 4,401 | #162 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,626 of 4,466 ▼ 384 | #372 of 625 ▼ 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,740 of 4,466 ▼ 473 | #226 of 625 ▼ 86 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,340 of 3,998 | #364 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,235 of 4,938 | #438 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,590 of 4,622 | #347 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #1,667 of 4,628 | #217 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #2,703 of 4,789 | #494 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #1,296 of 2,838 | #237 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
530
-80 (-13%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 530 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 67% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 73% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 74% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 70% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 38.3 | 17.0:1 | 60% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 60% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 34 | 17.7:1 | 49% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 53% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 34 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (650 to 530); teachers down 8% (38.3 to 35).
About Red Elementary School
Red Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in HOUSTON, Texas. In all, 530 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD totals 176,727 students.
Federal enrollment data show Red Elementary School is 61% Hispanic. Other groups make up 20% Black, 12% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Red Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Red Elementary School, there are about 15.1 students; the school has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. There are 357 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 67% of enrollment.
Red Elementary School is 5.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.0% versus 44.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Harris County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Red Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Red Elementary School is closest to Harmony School of Ingenuity-Houston, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Red Elementary School's average proficiency of 50.0% compares with 49.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Red Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 13% decline took enrollment from 610 in 2020-21 to 530 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.
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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
- Harmony School of Ingenuity-Houston0.9 mi · 727
- Varnett Charter School1.0 mi · 530
- Shearn Elementary School1.1 mi · 470
- Meyerland Middle School1.2 mi · 1,166
- Lovett Elementary School1.4 mi · 700
- Harmony Virtual Academy1.6 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Red Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Red Elementary School?
Red Elementary School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Red Elementary School serve?
Red Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Red Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Red Elementary School.
How diverse is Red Elementary School?
Red Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 61% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Red Elementary School public or private?
Red Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.