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Enrollment
743
Elementary
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUMBLE ISD·NCES 482391010758
River Pines Elementary School
2400 COLD RIVER DR, HUMBLE, TX 77338 · (281) 641-3300 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
606 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 74 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp 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 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 19.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 39.0% |
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% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Pines Elementary School
River Pines Elementary School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Pines Elementary School this school | 743 | 81.6% | 27.8% |
| Ginger McNabb Elementary School SPRING | 743 | 83.0% | 46.8% |
| Jones Elementary School HUMBLE | 662 | 79.2% | 39.5% |
| Cypresswood Elementary School HUMBLE | 737 | 79.8% | 28.3% |
| IDEA Edgecliff Academy FORT WORTH | 708 | 78.8% | 39.3% |
| Park Lakes Elementary School HUMBLE | 675 | 78.2% | 33.3% |
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 River Pines Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,859 of 4,401 | #558 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,664 of 4,466 ▲ 438 | #544 of 625 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,682 of 4,466 ▲ 210 | #528 of 625 ▲ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #796 of 3,998 | #105 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #664 of 4,938 | #186 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #389 of 4,622 | #61 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #1,889 of 4,628 | #248 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #1,822 of 4,789 | #392 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #1,548 of 2,838 | #273 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
743
-220 (-23%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 743 | 61.4 | 12.1:1 | 82% (606) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 67 | 10.8:1 | 83% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 741 | 61.1 | 12.1:1 | 83% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 963 | 72 | 13.4:1 | 76% (735) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 60.3 | 14.6:1 | 65% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 75% (595) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 82% (538) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Pines Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (881 to 743); teachers up 2% (60.3 to 61.4).
About River Pines Elementary School
River Pines Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in HUMBLE, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 743 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
River Pines Elementary School is part of a district of 50 schools: HUMBLE ISD, with 48,502 students.
River Pines Elementary School's enrollment is 56% Hispanic. Next come 36% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. By the diversity index, River Pines Elementary School comes in at 55%.
The school reports 61.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.1 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is higher.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, River Pines Elementary School is 11.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 27.8%. Predicted: 38.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
The next-closest public school is Guy M Sconzo Early College High School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts River Pines Elementary School at 7th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: 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 963 in 2020-21 and 743 in 2024-25, a decrease of 220 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.4:1 to 12.1:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 HUMBLE ISD
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Atascocita High SchoolHigh · 3,696 students
- Humble High SchoolHigh · 2,960 students
- Kingwood High SchoolHigh · 2,877 students
- Kingwood Park High SchoolHigh · 1,884 students
- West Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,486 students
Other schools in HUMBLE
- Atascocita High SchoolHigh · 3,696 students
- Humble High SchoolHigh · 2,960 students
- West Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,486 students
- Humble Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,264 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,235 students
- Autumn Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,233 students
Nearby schools
- Guy M Sconzo Early College High School0.7 mi · 490
- Humble High School0.9 mi · 2,960
- Ross Sterling Middle School1.0 mi · 888
- Lakeland Elementary School1.1 mi · 919
- Jack M Fields Sr Elementary School1.2 mi · 638
- Park Lakes Elementary School1.8 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About River Pines Elementary SchoolHow large is River Pines Elementary School?
River Pines Elementary School enrolls approximately 743 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does River Pines Elementary School serve?
River Pines Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does River Pines Elementary School have?
River Pines Elementary School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at River Pines Elementary School?
Student demographics at River Pines Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is River Pines Elementary School public or private?
River Pines Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HUMBLE ISD.
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