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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003851
South Shaver Elementary School
200 W AVE, PASADENA, TX 77502 · (713) 740-0842 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
502 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 56 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (86).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 28.0% | 18.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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%.
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 South Shaver Elementary School
South Shaver Elementary School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shaver Elementary School this school | 527 | 95.3% | 48.3% |
| Charles C Ball Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 543 | 95.4% | 26.4% |
| Casa View Elementary School DALLAS | 530 | 95.7% | 40.0% |
| Emerson Elementary School AMARILLO | 500 | 95.0% | 41.9% |
| Palo Alto Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 528 | 93.2% | 25.8% |
| Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary School DALLAS | 533 | 94.0% | 45.2% |
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 South Shaver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,605 of 4,401 | #196 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,885 of 4,466 ▼ 720 | #255 of 625 ▼ 114 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,940 of 4,466 ▼ 323 | #566 of 625 ▼ 44 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #356 of 3,998 | #42 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #2,269 of 4,938 | #440 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #843 of 4,622 | #125 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #3,921 of 4,628 | #582 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #471 of 4,789 | #133 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #820 of 2,838 | #161 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
527
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 527 | 40.4 | 13.0:1 | 95% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 38.1 | 13.9:1 | 93% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 41.2 | 12.2:1 | 96% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 92% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 45.2 | 15.4:1 | 91% (634) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 91% (643) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 41 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 79% (574) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 35 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Shaver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (698 to 527); teachers down 11% (45.2 to 40.4).
About South Shaver Elementary School
South Shaver Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in PASADENA, Texas. It enrolled 527 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year.
PASADENA ISD has 46,491 students spread across 67 schools.
The large majority of students at South Shaver Elementary School, 92%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 5% White and 3% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 48 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. By the diversity index, South Shaver Elementary School comes in at 15%.
Teacher staffing is 40.4 full-time equivalents, or about 13.0 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 95%. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for South Shaver Elementary School is +15.2 points, in the top 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.3%, and the predicted rate is 33.0%.
South Shaver Elementary School is located in Harris County, where median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
The nearest other public school, Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of South Shaver Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, South Shaver Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The number of students declined from 554 to 527 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at South Shaver Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena0.7 mi · 123
- L F Smith Elementary School0.7 mi · 572
- Nelda Sullivan Middle School0.7 mi · 479
- Bobby Shaw Middle School1.0 mi · 655
- Bailey Elementary School1.1 mi · 602
- Morales Elementary School1.1 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About South Shaver Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Shaver Elementary School?
South Shaver Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does South Shaver Elementary School serve?
South Shaver Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does South Shaver Elementary School have?
South Shaver Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at South Shaver Elementary School?
Student demographics at South Shaver Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is South Shaver Elementary School public or private?
South Shaver Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.