SHADOW OAKS EL

SHADOW OAKS EL is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of SPRING BRANCH ISD, educateing 487 students in grades pre-K through 5.

SPRING BRANCH ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,793 students; SHADOW OAKS EL is among them.

Demographically, SHADOW OAKS EL lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 7% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SHADOW OAKS EL reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SHADOW OAKS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SHADOW OAKS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), SHADOW OAKS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MEMORIAL MIDDLE, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SHADOW OAKS EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

SHADOW OAKS EL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHADOW OAKS EL has shrank 27%, going from 665 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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