Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY·NCES 480025813512
Sst the Woodlands
27440 KUYKENDAHL RD, TOMBALL, TX 77375 · (281) 255-0483 · Harris County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
15.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
245 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 591% larger than its 8th grade class (11).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +55.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
71.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +61.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 55 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 61 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 51.0% | 27.0% | 13.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 31.0% | 17.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 71.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Sst the Woodlands
Sst the Woodlands's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sst the Woodlands this school | 559 | 43.8% | 64.0% |
| Harmony School of Science- San Antonio SAN ANTONIO | 602 | 42.4% | 54.7% |
| Lieck Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 631 | 39.6% | 49.4% |
| Sst Northwest SAN ANTONIO | 661 | 36.6% | 58.6% |
| Sst Hill Country SAN ANTONIO | 675 | 47.1% | 55.0% |
| Galm Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 541 | 47.0% | 46.5% |
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 Sst the Woodlands ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #560 of 4,401 | #57 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #368 of 4,466 ▲ 481 | #40 of 625 ▲ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #315 of 4,466 ▲ 85 | #39 of 625 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +26.5pp | #232 of 3,998 | #30 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #1,957 of 4,938 | #402 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,238 of 4,622 | #430 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #1,854 of 4,628 | #242 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #3,811 of 4,789 | #585 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #476 of 1,307 | #46 of 148 |
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
559
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 559 | 35.1 | 15.9:1 | 44% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 35.2 | 13.5:1 | 48% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 30 | 10.8:1 | 55% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 64% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 32.9 | 14.4:1 | 67% (316) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sst the Woodlands.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (474 to 559); teachers up 7% (32.9 to 35.1).
About Sst the Woodlands
Sst the Woodlands is a public elementary school in TOMBALL, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 559 students.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,602 students.
About 63% of the student body at Sst the Woodlands is Hispanic. Other students are 16% Black, 12% White, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Sst the Woodlands has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 44%. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 26 points higher.
Sst the Woodlands holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Texas public elementary schools.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.0%. Sst the Woodlands scores 64.0%.
For Harris County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sst the Woodlands, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Ischool-Creekside, is the closest to Sst the Woodlands. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sst the Woodlands. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sst the Woodlands is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
Sst the Woodlands is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data. As a charter school, Sst the Woodlands is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decline, from 581 to 559. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in TOMBALL
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Tomball Junior High SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Willow Wood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 884 students
Nearby schools
- Ischool-Creekside1.2 mi · 130
- Creekview Elementary School1.2 mi · 937
- Timber Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 970
- Creekside Park Junior High School1.5 mi · 1,219
- Creekside Forest Elementary School2.1 mi · 676
- Tough Elementary School2.3 mi · 988
Frequently asked questions
About Sst the WoodlandsHow large is Sst the Woodlands?
Sst the Woodlands enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-08.
Is Sst the Woodlands an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sst the Woodlands is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Sst the Woodlands have?
Sst the Woodlands employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sst the Woodlands?
At Sst the Woodlands, the student body is approximately 12% White, 63% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sst the Woodlands public or private?
Sst the Woodlands is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
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