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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICTORIA ISD·NCES 484415005014
Shields Elementary School
3400 N BLUEBONNET ST, VICTORIA, TX 77901 · (361) 788-9593 · Victoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
360 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 44 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
18.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 17.0% | 24.0% | 47.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 12.0% | 28.0% | 54.0% |
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 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Shields Elementary School
Shields Elementary School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shields Elementary School this school | 409 | 88.0% | 27.6% |
| Hector P Garcia Elementary School TEMPLE | 396 | 86.9% | 33.6% |
| O'Connor Elementary School VICTORIA | 440 | 86.6% | 22.6% |
| Meadows Elementary School PLANO | 414 | 87.2% | 35.3% |
| Dudley Elementary School VICTORIA | 453 | 87.2% | 19.6% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School AUSTIN | 422 | 88.2% | 37.1% |
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 Shields Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Victoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,878 of 4,401 | #11 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,405 of 4,466 ▼ 329 | #17 of 17 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,321 of 4,466 ▼ 591 | #16 of 17 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -20.5pp | #70 of 3,998 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,414 of 4,938 | #11 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,219 of 4,622 | #6 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #3,233 of 4,628 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #1,279 of 4,789 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,848 of 2,838 | #6 of 12 |
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
409
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 409 | 27.7 | 14.8:1 | 88% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 32.6 | 13.8:1 | 84% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 33.7 | 13.1:1 | 89% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 85% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 30.6 | 15.2:1 | 88% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 83% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 87% (442) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 77% (503) |
| 1990-91 | 702 | 37 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shields Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (466 to 409); teachers down 10% (30.6 to 27.7).
About Shields Elementary School
Shields Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in VICTORIA, Texas. The school enrolls 409 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
VICTORIA ISD operates 25 schools. Combined enrollment is 12,919 students.
By race and ethnicity, Shields Elementary School is 79% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% White, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Victoria County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Shields Elementary School comes in at 36%.
Shields Elementary School employs 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Shields Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 88%. The gap from the 69% average for public schools in Victoria County is 19 points.
Shields Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.6% is 8.6 points below the 36.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Victoria County residents, median household income is about $70,896, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Shields Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Victoria County, which together enroll about 14,160 students.
The shortest distance from Shields Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Crain Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Shields Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (410) to 2024-25 (409). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.7:1 to 14.8:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Victoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
91,413
Census ACS
Median income
$70,896
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
14,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VICTORIA ISD
- Victoria East High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Victoria West High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Harold Cade Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Howell Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- STEM Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Patti Welder Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
Other schools in VICTORIA
- Victoria East High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Victoria West High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Harold Cade Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Howell Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- STEM Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Patti Welder Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
Other Shields Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Shields Elementary. Shields Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Shields Elementary SchoolGLENN HEIGHTS, TX · 625 students
- Shields Elementary SchoolSAGINAW, MI · 447 students
- Shields Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Crain Elementary School0.7 mi · 561
- Howell Middle School0.8 mi · 716
- Smith STEM Academy1.1 mi · 447
- STEM Middle School1.2 mi · 641
- Rowland Elementary School1.3 mi · 452
- C O Chandler Elementary School1.7 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Shields Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Shields Elementary School?
Shields Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shields Elementary School serve?
Shields Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shields Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Shields Elementary School.
How diverse is Shields Elementary School?
Shields Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 79% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Shields Elementary School?
Shields Elementary School is overseen by VICTORIA ISD in Victoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.