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What's the one class at SAN LEON EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DICKINSON ISD·NCES 481707011449
San Leon Elementary School
2655 BROADWAY ST, DICKINSON, TX 77539 · (281) 229-7400 · Galveston County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- A-Three-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
15.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
448 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 98 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 15.0% | 29.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 San Leon Elementary School
San Leon Elementary School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Leon Elementary School this school | 540 | 83.0% | 42.5% |
| Cooke Elementary School CLEBURNE | 501 | 84.8% | 42.0% |
| Milam Elementary School CONROE | 590 | 82.9% | 39.7% |
| Kenneth E Little Elementary School BACLIFF | 505 | 86.7% | 36.8% |
| James Elementary School PRINCETON | 477 | 81.1% | 31.3% |
| Helen Edward Early Childhood Center KAUFMAN | 505 | 78.6% | N/A |
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 San Leon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,272 of 4,401 | #30 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,206 of 4,466 ▼ 1,681 | #35 of 45 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,028 of 4,466 ▲ 533 | #27 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #823 of 3,998 | #10 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #2,132 of 4,938 | #28 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,688 of 4,622 | #26 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #2,138 of 4,628 | #36 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #1,735 of 4,789 | #14 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #898 of 2,838 | #14 of 29 |
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
540
-158 (-23%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 540 | 35.4 | 15.3:1 | 83% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 39.2 | 13.4:1 | 87% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 49.8 | 13.2:1 | 84% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 82% (574) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 47.1 | 15.0:1 | 74% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 50 | 17.4:1 | 71% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 74% (525) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Leon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (705 to 540); teachers down 25% (47.1 to 35.4).
About San Leon Elementary School
San Leon Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in DICKINSON, Texas. The school counts 540 students across pre-K through 3.
DICKINSON ISD counts 12,554 students in its 19 schools, and San Leon Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 63% of enrollment at San Leon Elementary School. Smaller groups are 27% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Galveston County is roughly 26% Hispanic. San Leon Elementary School has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Galveston County averages 57%, lower than here.
allk12 grades San Leon Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for San Leon Elementary School is 38.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.5%.
Galveston County has these Census figures: median household income is about $86,105, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. San Leon Elementary School is among the 95 public schools in Galveston County.
Kenneth E Little Elementary School is located about 2.4 miles from San Leon Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. San Leon Elementary School comes in 4th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 698 to 540.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DICKINSON ISD
- Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 3,810 students
- Dickinson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- R D McAdams Junior High SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Louis G Lobit Elementary SchoolElementary · 774 students
- Elva C Lobit Middle SchoolElementary · 669 students
Other schools in DICKINSON
- Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 3,810 students
- R D McAdams Junior High SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- John and Shamarion Barber Middle SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Hughes Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Dunbar Middle SchoolElementary · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Kenneth E Little Elementary School2.4 mi · 505
- Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High School3.1 mi · 877
- Bayside Intermediate School4.2 mi · 978
- Clear Falls High School4.3 mi · 2,508
- Sandra Mossman Elementary School4.3 mi · 789
- John and Shamarion Barber Middle School4.4 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About San Leon Elementary SchoolHow large is San Leon Elementary School?
San Leon Elementary School enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does San Leon Elementary School serve?
San Leon Elementary School serves grades PK-03.
How many teachers does San Leon Elementary School have?
San Leon Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is San Leon Elementary School?
San Leon Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 63% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is San Leon Elementary School in?
San Leon Elementary School is part of DICKINSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.