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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXAS CITY ISD·NCES 484251012843
Simms Elementary School
529 N WESTWARD ST, TEXAS CITY, TX 77591 · (409) 908-5056 · Galveston County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
425 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Simms Elementary School→Giles Middle School
Based on grade levels within TEXAS CITY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 44.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Simms Elementary School
Simms Elementary School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simms Elementary School this school | 482 | 88.2% | 25.3% |
| Hazel Harvey Peace Elementary School FORT WORTH | 448 | 89.1% | 20.4% |
| Sue Crouch Elementary School FORT WORTH | 479 | 83.5% | 34.9% |
| Gregory-Lincoln Ed Center HOUSTON | 502 | 90.4% | 34.6% |
| Sherrod Elementary School ARLINGTON | 475 | 88.2% | 28.3% |
| Ignite Community School-Fort Worth FORT WORTH | 438 | 93.4% | 28.6% |
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 Simms Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #4,036 of 4,401 | #44 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,705 of 4,466 ▲ 361 | #41 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,024 of 4,466 ▲ 76 | #42 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,710 of 4,938 | #38 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,439 of 4,622 | #22 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #1,915 of 4,628 | #31 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #1,267 of 4,789 | #7 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #1,518 of 2,838 | #21 of 29 |
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
482
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 482 | 32.2 | 15.0:1 | 88% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 29.8 | 17.6:1 | 88% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 31.5 | 15.1:1 | 89% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 96% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 33.2 | 17.3:1 | 91% (525) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Simms Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (574 to 482); teachers down 3% (33.2 to 32.2).
About Simms Elementary School
Simms Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in TEXAS CITY, Texas, administered by TEXAS CITY ISD. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 482 students.
TEXAS CITY ISD is made up of 15 schools with 7,711 students in all.
Black students are 63% of those enrolled at Simms Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 11% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Galveston County's population at about 12%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school had 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school reported 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 57% average for public schools in Galveston County is 31 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Simms Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 4% of Texas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Simms Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.3%; the prediction is 36.0%.
In Galveston County, home to about 358,990 people, median household income comes to about $86,105, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 95 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,767, Simms Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Giles Middle School, is the closest to Simms Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 26.9%, higher than Simms Elementary School's 25.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show 472 students in 2020-21 and 482 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXAS CITY ISD
- Texas City High SchoolHigh · 1,689 students
- Blocker Middle SchoolMiddle · 802 students
- Fry Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- La Marque High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- Giles Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
Other schools in TEXAS CITY
- Texas City High SchoolHigh · 1,689 students
- Dickinson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Blocker Middle SchoolMiddle · 802 students
- Fry Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Odyssey Academy - Texas CityElementary · 558 students
- Giles Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Giles Middle School0.4 mi · 553
- La Marque High School1.0 mi · 737
- Ignite Community School - Mainland1.2 mi · 327
- Hayley Elementary School1.9 mi · 484
- Odyssey Academy - Texas City2.6 mi · 558
- Galveston Co J J Alternative Education Program2.7 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Simms Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Simms Elementary School?
Simms Elementary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Simms Elementary School serve?
Simms Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Simms Elementary School have?
Simms Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Simms Elementary School?
Student demographics at Simms Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 19% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Simms Elementary School in?
Simms Elementary School is part of TEXAS CITY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.