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What's something RIVER OAKS EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002567
River Oaks Elementary School
2008 KIRBY DR, HOUSTON, TX 77019 · (713) 942-1460 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
19.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
74 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 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
75%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
88.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
85.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 67.0% | 21.0% | 6.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 67.0% | 18.0% | 8.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 88.0% | 85.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
| 2020-21 | 93.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
78.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 River Oaks Elementary School
River Oaks Elementary School's state test result (78.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Oaks Elementary School this school | 777 | 9.5% | 78.1% |
| Linda Herrington Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 842 | 9.0% | 75.3% |
| Tierra Rosa Elementary School LIBERTY HILL | 715 | 12.0% | 56.6% |
| Great Oaks Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 868 | 11.4% | 79.4% |
| O'Dell Elementary School CELINA | 770 | 12.6% | 55.3% |
| Horn Elementary School BELLAIRE | 750 | 15.5% | 77.2% |
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 River Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #120 of 4,401 | #18 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #64 of 4,466 ▲ 79 | #10 of 625 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #56 of 4,466 ▲ 13 | #9 of 625 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,322 of 3,998 | #203 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #532 of 4,938 | #149 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #4,401 of 4,622 | #627 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #111 of 4,628 | #13 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.5% | #4,663 of 4,789 | #664 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.5% | #405 of 1,307 | #36 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
777
+161 (+26%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 777 | 40 | 19.4:1 | 10% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 40.9 | 18.2:1 | 16% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 38 | 18.3:1 | 15% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 10% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 37 | 18.4:1 | 9% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 33 | 18.5:1 | 9% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 28 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (645 to 777); teachers up 8% (37 to 40).
About River Oaks Elementary School
Located in HOUSTON, Texas, River Oaks Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 777 students in 2024-25. The school is 50% larger than the average for elementary schools in Texas.
The district for River Oaks Elementary School is HOUSTON ISD, with 273 schools and 176,727 students.
The biggest share of students at River Oaks Elementary School, 32%, is White. Next come 29% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. That is in line with Harris County, where about 34% of residents are White. The diversity index for River Oaks Elementary School is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 10%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, River Oaks Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 95% 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 69.6% for River Oaks Elementary School. The school posts 78.1%, 8.5 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Harris County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. River Oaks Elementary School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Lamar High School, is the closest to River Oaks Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, River Oaks Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes River Oaks Elementary School as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 616 to 777, a 26% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.1:1 to 19.4:1.
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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
Other River Oaks Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named River Oaks Elementary. River Oaks Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- River Oaks Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 551 students
- River Oaks ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 1,426 students
- River Oaks ElementaryWoodbridge, VA · 662 students
- River Oaks ElementaryGalt, CA · 505 students
- River Oaks ElementaryGulfport, MS · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Lamar High School0.6 mi · 2,968
- Lanier Middle School0.9 mi · 1,485
- Ella J Baker Montessori School1.3 mi · 610
- Poe Elementary School1.6 mi · 748
- Memorial Elementary School1.6 mi · 474
- Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy1.8 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About River Oaks Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at River Oaks Elementary School?
River Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does River Oaks Elementary School serve?
River Oaks Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at River Oaks Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at River Oaks Elementary School is approximately 19.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at River Oaks Elementary School?
At River Oaks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 29% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is River Oaks Elementary School public or private?
River Oaks 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.