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How has SHADOWBRIAR EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364007322
Shadowbriar Elementary School
2650 SHADOWBRIAR DR, HOUSTON, TX 77077 · (281) 368-2160 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
288 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 62 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 42.0% | 13.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Shadowbriar Elementary School
Shadowbriar Elementary School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadowbriar Elementary School this school | 334 | 86.2% | 51.1% |
| Bill J Elliott Elementary School FORT WORTH | 381 | 85.8% | 29.8% |
| Ignite Community School - Mainland LA MARQUE | 327 | 86.5% | 31.7% |
| Edgar Glover Jr Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 338 | 83.1% | 30.9% |
| Hale Elementary School ARLINGTON | 294 | 91.8% | 32.3% |
| Plummer Elementary School CEDAR HILL | 347 | 83.3% | 29.3% |
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 Shadowbriar Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #1,339 of 4,401 | #149 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,299 of 4,466 ▼ 924 | #319 of 625 ▼ 148 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,033 of 4,466 ▲ 82 | #122 of 625 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +26.0pp | #264 of 3,998 | #37 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #3,990 of 4,938 | #593 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #322 of 4,622 | #53 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #2,269 of 4,628 | #301 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #1,456 of 4,789 | #333 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #216 of 2,838 | #59 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
334
-150 (-31%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 289
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 334 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 86% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 27.6 | 14.8:1 | 88% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 84% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 75% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 68% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 62% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 47% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 17 | 17.0:1 | 38% (110) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadowbriar Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (539 to 334); teachers down 12% (32 to 28).
About Shadowbriar Elementary School
Shadowbriar Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in HOUSTON, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 334 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Shadowbriar Elementary School sits within HOUSTON ISD, which has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
A majority of students at Shadowbriar Elementary School, 65%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 19%. Shadowbriar Elementary School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Shadowbriar Elementary School operates with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 86% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 16 points.
Shadowbriar Elementary School is 14.2 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Texas.
Census estimates describe Harris County this way: median household income is about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Harris County number 1,205 and enroll about 886,911.
Budewig Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Shadowbriar Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Shadowbriar Elementary School went from 484 students to 334. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.4:1 to 11.9:1.
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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
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Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
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- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Budewig Intermediate School0.5 mi · 1,054
- Outley Elementary School0.6 mi · 863
- Ashford Elementary School0.6 mi · 582
- Alief Early College High School1.5 mi · 402
- Ray Daily Elementary School1.5 mi · 853
- Heflin Elementary School1.6 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Shadowbriar Elementary SchoolHow large is Shadowbriar Elementary School?
Shadowbriar Elementary School enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shadowbriar Elementary School serve?
Shadowbriar Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shadowbriar Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shadowbriar Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shadowbriar Elementary School?
At Shadowbriar Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 23% Hispanic, 65% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Shadowbriar Elementary School?
Shadowbriar Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.