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Alumni: what's one memory from SHADOW OAKS EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004688
Shadow Oaks Elementary School
1335 SHADOWDALE DR, HOUSTON, TX 77043 · (713) 251-6800 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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.
- B+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
13.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
453 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Shadow Oaks Elementary School
Shadow Oaks Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Oaks Elementary School this school | 487 | 93.0% | 36.1% |
| KIPP Austin Comunidad AUSTIN | 513 | 94.0% | 38.7% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary School FORT WORTH | 455 | 92.5% | 40.5% |
| Crow Leadership Academy ARLINGTON | 500 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Houston Elementary School AUSTIN | 496 | 92.1% | 19.3% |
| Kendrick Elementary School WACO | 446 | 94.2% | 21.1% |
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 Shadow Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #3,059 of 4,401 | #429 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,992 of 4,466 ▲ 390 | #271 of 625 ▲ 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,070 of 4,466 ▲ 459 | #426 of 625 ▲ 75 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,419 of 3,998 | #220 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #2,658 of 4,938 | #477 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,125 of 4,622 | #165 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #3,525 of 4,628 | #507 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #733 of 4,789 | #185 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #665 of 2,838 | #133 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
487
-62 (-11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 732
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 487 | 36.1 | 13.5:1 | 93% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 37.7 | 11.9:1 | 94% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 38.2 | 12.1:1 | 92% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 96% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 45.9 | 14.5:1 | 89% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 91% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 82% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 88% (700) |
| 1990-91 | 732 | 52 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadow Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (665 to 487); teachers down 21% (45.9 to 36.1).
About Shadow Oaks Elementary School
Shadow Oaks Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in HOUSTON, Texas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 487 students on the rolls.
SPRING BRANCH ISD is the district for Shadow Oaks Elementary School. It has 46 schools and 33,793 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Shadow Oaks Elementary School is Hispanic, at 85%. Other reported shares: 7% Black and 5% White. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 41 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
Shadow Oaks Elementary School reported 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. There are 453 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 93% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Shadow Oaks Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 44% of Texas public elementary schools.
Shadow Oaks Elementary School scores 36.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.0%.
In Harris County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
The closest school to Shadow Oaks Elementary School is Memorial Middle School, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Shadow Oaks Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Shadow Oaks Elementary School is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Shadow Oaks Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 549 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 487 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 15.3 in 2020-21 to 13.5 in 2024-25.
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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 SPRING BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 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
Other Shadow Oaks Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Shadow Oaks Elementary. Shadow Oaks Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Shadow Oaks Elementary SchoolHorn Lake, MS · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Middle School1.0 mi · 1,236
- The Wildcat Way School1.1 mi · 268
- Bendwood School1.1 mi · 41
- The Tiger Trail School1.2 mi · 286
- Westwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 475
- Woodview Elementary School1.3 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Shadow Oaks Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shadow Oaks Elementary School?
Shadow Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shadow Oaks Elementary School serve?
Shadow Oaks Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shadow Oaks Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Shadow Oaks Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shadow Oaks Elementary School?
At Shadow Oaks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Shadow Oaks Elementary School in?
Shadow Oaks Elementary School is part of SPRING BRANCH ISD.
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