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RUMMEL CREEK EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RUMMEL CREEK EL
Set in HOUSTON, Texas, RUMMEL CREEK EL is a big primary school, one of the schools within SPRING BRANCH ISD. It teaches 793 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 53% larger than the state mean of about 519.
Across the 46 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD (33,793 students total), RUMMEL CREEK EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, RUMMEL CREEK EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, RUMMEL CREEK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.0%; this one delivers 81.6%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), RUMMEL CREEK EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: THE WILDCAT WAY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUMMEL CREEK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RUMMEL CREEK EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 65.9%.
RUMMEL CREEK EL operates from a metropolitan location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 737 students in 2018 compared to 793 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 61% across the same window.
On allk12, the feed for RUMMEL CREEK EL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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