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Enrollment
922
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALIEF ISD·NCES 480783006817
Sneed Elementary School
9855 PAGEWOOD LN, HOUSTON, TX 77042 · (713) 789-6979 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL922 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
832 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 85 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 156 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 164 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 169 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 174 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 174 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (174).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp 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 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 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% | 31.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 18.0% | 24.0% | 47.0% |
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% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Sneed Elementary School
Sneed Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneed Elementary School this school | 922 | 90.2% | 28.8% |
| Tipps Elementary School HOUSTON | 980 | 90.2% | 36.5% |
| Davis Elementary School IRVING | 831 | 90.0% | 25.7% |
| Horne Elementary School HOUSTON | 908 | 83.5% | 37.8% |
| Collins Elementary School HOUSTON | 788 | 93.5% | 26.9% |
| KIPP Sharp Prep HOUSTON | 1,078 | 90.7% | 48.9% |
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 Sneed Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #3,764 of 4,401 | #543 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,969 of 4,466 ▲ 114 | #585 of 625 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,300 of 4,466 ▼ 183 | #613 of 625 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,057 of 3,998 | #142 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 922 | #178 of 4,938 | #63 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,100 of 4,622 | #161 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #2,733 of 4,628 | #376 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #1,051 of 4,789 | #254 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #1,359 of 2,838 | #244 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
922
-27 (-3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,077
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 922 | 68.6 | 13.4:1 | 90% (832) |
| 2023-24 | 976 | 73 | 13.4:1 | 93% (908) |
| 2022-23 | 1,033 | 66.1 | 15.6:1 | 92% (951) |
| 2020-21 | 949 | 79 | 12.0:1 | 92% (871) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 80.1 | 14.0:1 | 83% (933) |
| 2015-16 | 1,142 | 78 | 14.6:1 | 85% (965) |
| 2010-11 | 1,210 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 85% (1,029) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 81% (690) |
| 1990-91 | 1,077 | 70 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sneed Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,120 to 922); teachers down 14% (80.1 to 68.6).
About Sneed Elementary School
The public elementary school Sneed Elementary School is located in HOUSTON, Texas. Federal data show 922 students enrolled in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Sneed Elementary School is one school in a 46-school district, ALIEF ISD, which enrolls 38,610 students.
Federal enrollment data show Sneed Elementary School is 71% Hispanic. Other groups include 17% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% White. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 68.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, Sneed Elementary School has a ratio of 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Income data for the school show 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is higher.
In Texas, Sneed Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.8% actual against a predicted 35.1%.
The school is in Harris County, where the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Sneed Elementary School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
Westchase Neighborhood School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Sneed Elementary School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 3%. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.0 to 13.4 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Sneed Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other schools in ALIEF ISD
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 2,838 students
- O'Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,214 students
- Budewig Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Olle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,025 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Westchase Neighborhood School0.6 mi · 595
- Emerson Elementary School0.6 mi · 990
- YES Prep - West0.8 mi · 990
- Texas Connections Academy at Houston1.1 mi · 8,641
- Collins Elementary School1.1 mi · 788
- Piney Point Elementary School1.4 mi · 1,286
Frequently asked questions
About Sneed Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sneed Elementary School?
Sneed Elementary School enrolls approximately 922 students in grades PK-04.
Is Sneed Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sneed Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Sneed Elementary School have?
Sneed Elementary School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Sneed Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sneed Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 71% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian.
Who oversees Sneed Elementary School?
Sneed Elementary School is overseen by ALIEF ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.