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Silverlake Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 19% |
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 58.0% | 23.0% | 12.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 59.0% | 21.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 84.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
| 2020-21 | 77.0% | 66.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
Where Silverlake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #157 of 4,401 | #2 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #138 of 4,466 | #2 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #237 of 4,466 | #3 of 52 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,718 of 3,998 | #34 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #981 of 4,938 | #20 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,666 of 4,622 | #51 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.8% | #10 of 4,628 | #1 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #2,445 of 2,838 | #28 of 34 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 691 | 41.7 | 16.6:1 | 29% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 39.3 | 16.8:1 | 31% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 39.6 | 17.1:1 | 32% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 13% (98) |
About Silverlake Elementary School
Silverlake Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in PEARLAND, Texas. The school has 691 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
PEARLAND ISD is the district for Silverlake Elementary School. It has 24 schools and 20,862 students.
Asian students account for 25% of enrollment at Silverlake Elementary School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 24% Hispanic, 20% White, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Brazoria County, the Asian share is about 7%. The diversity index for Silverlake Elementary School is 78%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Silverlake Elementary School comes to 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. Silverlake Elementary School counts 29% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Silverlake Elementary School is 61.2%. It actually posts 76.5%, which is 15.3 points higher and in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Brazoria County show that 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%. Across Brazoria County, 115 public schools serve about 75,767 students.
Among nearby public schools, Silvercrest Elementary School is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Silverlake Elementary School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2017-18, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 730 to 691. The student mix also changed: the White share decreased from 37% to 20%.
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