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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 480001807302
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School
5815 ALDER DR, HOUSTON, TX 77081 · (713) 667-6145 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
17.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
489 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 57 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
Based on grade levels within SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 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 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 39.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School this school | 512 | 95.5% | 34.8% |
| Crespo Elementary School HOUSTON | 526 | 94.1% | 50.3% |
| Stafford El Visual and Performing Arts SAN ANTONIO | 503 | 94.2% | 28.9% |
| Zeferino Farias Elementary School ALAMO | 520 | 97.1% | 33.7% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Brownsville BROWNSVILLE | 508 | 94.1% | 32.4% |
| Ringgold Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 482 | 97.1% | 51.6% |
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 Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #3,176 of 4,401 | #452 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,166 of 4,466 ▼ 517 | #467 of 625 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,722 of 4,466 ▼ 467 | #531 of 625 ▼ 78 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,525 of 3,998 | #402 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #2,397 of 4,938 | #456 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #4,167 of 4,622 | #581 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #4,215 of 4,628 | #632 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #435 of 4,789 | #127 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #1,863 of 2,838 | #319 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
512
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
+55% since 2000-01, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 512 | 28.7 | 17.8:1 | 96% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 93% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 33.7 | 15.3:1 | 100% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 97% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 33.9 | 17.1:1 | 95% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 32 | 18.9:1 | 97% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 92% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | 84% (277) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (582 to 512); teachers down 15% (33.9 to 28.7).
About Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School
In HOUSTON, Texas, Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 512 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL has a total of 4 schools and 1,193 students, Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School among them.
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 96% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Asian. In Harris County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Staffing totals 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 96%. That is 26 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
The allk12 Grade for Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School is C+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.9% for Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School. The school posts 34.8%, 1.9 points above the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in Harris County, which together enroll about 886,911 students.
The closest public school, Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 17.8:1 over the same years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL
- Ser-Ninos Charter Middle SchoolMiddle · 266 students
- Ser-Ninos Charter El IIElementary · 246 students
- Ser-Ninos Charter HighHigh · 169 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School0.1 mi · 266
- Ser-Ninos Charter High0.1 mi · 169
- Rodriguez Elementary School0.2 mi · 917
- Friends for Life Middle School0.3 mi · 226
- Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School0.3 mi · 524
- Liberty High School0.4 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary SchoolHow large is Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School?
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School serve?
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School is approximately 17.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School?
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian.
Who oversees Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School?
Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School is overseen by SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.