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If you had an hour of school board time for REED ACADEMY, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771013764
Reed Academy
1616 LAUDER RD, HOUSTON, TX 77039 · (281) 985-6670 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- 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
15.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
529 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 166 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (99) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 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 | 17.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 22.0% | 30.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Reed Academy
Reed Academy's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Academy this school | 637 | 83.0% | 36.3% |
| Travis Elementary School ROSENBERG | 579 | 81.2% | 38.4% |
| Hopkins Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 707 | 81.3% | 26.3% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Environmental Science Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 716 | 81.1% | 42.1% |
| Hill Elementary School HOUSTON | 646 | 87.8% | 33.2% |
| Mary Lou Hartman SAN ANTONIO | 568 | 83.3% | 30.6% |
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 Reed Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #3,028 of 4,401 | #425 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,618 of 4,466 ▼ 826 | #537 of 625 ▼ 140 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,525 of 4,466 ▼ 354 | #497 of 625 ▼ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #900 of 3,998 | #123 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #1,344 of 4,938 | #305 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,181 of 4,622 | #419 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #3,401 of 4,628 | #481 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #1,727 of 4,789 | #382 of 671 |
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
637
-159 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 637 | 40.1 | 15.9:1 | 83% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 92% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 36.5 | 18.6:1 | 93% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 796 | 55 | 14.5:1 | 92% (732) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reed Academy.
About Reed Academy
Reed Academy is an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers grades 1 through 5, with 637 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 23% larger than that mark.
Reed Academy is run by ALDINE ISD, whose 76 schools enroll 56,419 students.
Of every 100 students at Reed Academy, about 82 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 14% Black. For comparison, the population of Harris County is roughly 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Reed Academy has a ratio of 15.9:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 0.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 83%. That is 13 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Reed Academy 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 39% of Texas public elementary schools.
Reed Academy's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.3%) and its predicted rate (38.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
The county, Harris County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Hinojosa Ec/PK/K is the nearest public school to Reed Academy, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 36.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Reed Academy as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 20% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher increased from 14.5 in 2020-21 to 15.9 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 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
- Hinojosa Ec/PK/K0.1 mi · 578
- Raymond Elementary School0.1 mi · 297
- North Central Elementary School0.3 mi · 863
- YES Prep - North Central0.3 mi · 1,002
- Grantham Academy0.4 mi · 1,006
- Stephens Elementary School1.1 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Reed AcademyHow large is Reed Academy?
Reed Academy enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Reed Academy serve?
Reed Academy serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Reed Academy have?
Reed Academy employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Reed Academy?
Student demographics at Reed Academy are roughly 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Reed Academy?
Reed Academy is overseen by ALDINE ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.