Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002404
Roderick R Paige Elementary School
7501 CURRY RD, HOUSTON, TX 77093 · (713) 696-2855 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- AThree-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
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
382 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 41 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
49%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
Roderick R Paige Elementary School→Key Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 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 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 36.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Roderick R Paige Elementary School
Roderick R Paige Elementary School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roderick R Paige Elementary School this school | 393 | 97.2% | 32.0% |
| Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 371 | 97.0% | 28.0% |
| Kelso Elementary School HOUSTON | 364 | 98.9% | 31.0% |
| Hobby Elementary School HOUSTON | 447 | 97.1% | 37.3% |
| Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School FORT WORTH | 366 | 95.6% | 20.5% |
| Christene C Moss Elementary School FORT WORTH | 393 | 94.7% | 40.0% |
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 Roderick R Paige Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,474 of 4,401 | #505 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,411 of 4,466 ▲ 1,054 | #339 of 625 ▲ 160 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,160 of 4,466 ▲ 1,157 | #278 of 625 ▲ 185 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +29.0pp | #174 of 3,998 | #20 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #3,542 of 4,938 | #548 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,074 of 4,622 | #279 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #2,470 of 4,628 | #337 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #261 of 4,789 | #78 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #894 of 2,838 | #175 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
393
-39 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 97% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 98% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 98% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 99% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 27.5 | 18.7:1 | 97% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 26 | 19.3:1 | 87% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 49% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 97% (395) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roderick R Paige Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (514 to 393); teachers down 2% (27.5 to 27).
About Roderick R Paige Elementary School
In HOUSTON, Texas, part of Harris County, Roderick R Paige Elementary School is an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 393 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
HOUSTON ISD has 176,727 students spread across 273 schools.
Roughly 58% of students at Roderick R Paige Elementary School are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 41% Black. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 14 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 14.6:1 comes from the school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 97% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Roderick R Paige Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Roderick R Paige Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 32.2%. Roderick R Paige Elementary School scores 32.0%, within a point of that line.
Harris County census figures show that the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in Harris County, enrolling about 886,911 students in all.
Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Roderick R Paige Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Roderick R Paige Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.0% against a local average of 33.3%.
Roderick R Paige Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 432. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Nearby schools
- Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School0.3 mi · 48
- Berry Elementary School1.0 mi · 745
- Cook Jr Elementary School1.2 mi · 453
- Key Middle School1.2 mi · 516
- YES Prep - Northside1.4 mi · 948
- Kashmere High School1.4 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Roderick R Paige Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Roderick R Paige Elementary School?
Roderick R Paige Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
Is Roderick R Paige Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roderick R Paige Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Roderick R Paige Elementary School have?
Roderick R Paige Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Roderick R Paige Elementary School?
Roderick R Paige Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 58% Hispanic, 41% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Roderick R Paige Elementary School in?
Roderick R Paige Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
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