SOUTH SHAVER EL

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in PASADENA, Texas, SOUTH SHAVER EL teaches 527 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by PASADENA ISD.

SOUTH SHAVER EL is one of 67 schools operated by PASADENA ISD, a district that hosts 46,491 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SOUTH SHAVER EL logs that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 5% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SOUTH SHAVER EL shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at SOUTH SHAVER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTH SHAVER EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.3%; SOUTH SHAVER EL posts 49.2%, +16.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. SOUTH SHAVER EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY PASADENA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH SHAVER EL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

SOUTH SHAVER EL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 698 students in 2018 compared to 527 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the SOUTH SHAVER EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.