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Alumni: what's one memory from SHADYCREST EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARLAND ISD·NCES 483444003865
Shadycrest Elementary School
2405 SHADY BEND DR, PEARLAND, TX 77581 · (281) 412-1404 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
118 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (113).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 35.0% | 15.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 44.0% | 31.0% | 14.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 89.0% |
| 2020-21 | 78.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Shadycrest Elementary School
Shadycrest Elementary School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadycrest Elementary School this school | 512 | 23.0% | 72.2% |
| Block House Creek Elementary School LEANDER | 468 | 19.7% | 49.8% |
| Walter Hall Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 554 | 24.2% | 60.4% |
| Zilker Elementary School AUSTIN | 506 | 21.5% | 68.8% |
| Walker Creek Elementary School NORTH RICHLAND HILLS | 458 | 25.8% | 61.6% |
| Mockingbird Elementary School DALLAS | 630 | 24.9% | 68.2% |
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 Shadycrest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #260 of 4,401 | #4 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #270 of 4,466 ▲ 103 | #5 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #439 of 4,466 ▲ 118 | #6 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #620 of 3,998 | #11 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #2,405 of 4,938 | #38 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,728 of 4,622 | #34 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #1,220 of 4,628 | #28 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #4,372 of 4,789 | #52 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #777 of 2,838 | #4 of 34 |
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
-74 (-13%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 33.4 | 15.3:1 | 23% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 34.5 | 16.9:1 | 26% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 35.6 | 16.7:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 21% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 42.1 | 16.2:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 13% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 20% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 12% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 35 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadycrest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (683 to 512); teachers down 21% (42.1 to 33.4).
About Shadycrest Elementary School
Shadycrest Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in PEARLAND, Texas. Students in pre-K through 4 make up the school's enrollment of 512 students.
Federal data list 24 schools in PEARLAND ISD, with 20,862 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Shadycrest Elementary School, about 51 are White. The school is also 33% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among Brazoria County residents, the White share is about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shadycrest Elementary School scores 62%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shadycrest Elementary School is 15.3:1, based on 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Shadycrest Elementary School counts 23% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Brazoria County is 50%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Shadycrest Elementary School outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Shadycrest Elementary School would score about 63.9%. It scores 72.2%, 8.3 points above that figure.
In the wider Brazoria County area, the median household earns about $97,993 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Shadycrest Elementary School shares Brazoria County with 114 other public schools.
Iltexas Pearland Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Shadycrest Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 54.0%, lower than Shadycrest Elementary School's 72.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 586 to 512, a 13% decline.
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Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARLAND ISD
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
- Leon H Sablatura Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Berry Miller Junior High SchoolMiddle · 827 students
Other schools in PEARLAND
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
Nearby schools
- Iltexas Pearland Middle School0.2 mi · 197
- Iltexas Pearland Elementary School0.2 mi · 602
- Pearland High School1.1 mi · 3,412
- Alexander Middle School1.2 mi · 765
- C J Harris Elementary School1.5 mi · 549
- Rustic Oak Elementary School1.6 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Shadycrest Elementary SchoolHow large is Shadycrest Elementary School?
Shadycrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-04.
Is Shadycrest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shadycrest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shadycrest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shadycrest Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shadycrest Elementary School?
At Shadycrest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 33% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Shadycrest Elementary School?
Shadycrest Elementary School is overseen by PEARLAND ISD in Brazoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.