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RUSTIC OAK EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 RUSTIC OAK EL
RUSTIC OAK EL is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in PEARLAND, Texas, operated by PEARLAND ISD, caters to 645 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.
PEARLAND ISD runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 20,862 students. RUSTIC OAK EL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, RUSTIC OAK EL shows that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Brazoria County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, RUSTIC OAK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 66.2%, a residual of +5.5 points.
In the surrounding community, Brazoria County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,993 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. RUSTIC OAK EL is one of 115 public schools in Brazoria County (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students).
ZUE S BALES INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUSTIC OAK EL. On composite proficiency, RUSTIC OAK EL comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 69.5%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. RUSTIC OAK EL's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 706 (now 645).
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Brazoria County at a glance
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