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SAN JACINTO EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 SAN JACINTO EL
SAN JACINTO EL operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in BAYTOWN, Texas, one of the schools within GOOSE CREEK CISD. Current enrollment sits at 567 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
SAN JACINTO EL is one of 34 schools operated by GOOSE CREEK CISD, a district that caters to 24,032 students overall.
Looking at the student body, SAN JACINTO EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SAN JACINTO EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.9%.
In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. SAN JACINTO EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
LEE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAN JACINTO EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.0%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. SAN JACINTO EL's enrollment has ticked up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 567). Black enrollment moved from 8% to 12% across the same window.
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