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Enrollment
938
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD MSD·NCES 484135001039
Stafford Elementary School
1250 CONSTITUTION AVE, STAFFORD, TX 77477 · (281) 261-9229 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL938 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- C+Three-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
19.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
787 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 177 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 224 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 195 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 197 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (177) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (197).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within STAFFORD MSD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 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 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Stafford Elementary School
Stafford Elementary School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Elementary School this school | 938 | 83.9% | 33.3% |
| Emery Elementary School KATY | 974 | 84.5% | 31.9% |
| Danish Elementary School HOUSTON | 918 | 83.9% | 40.0% |
| Pat Reynolds Elementary School HOUSTON | 877 | 79.6% | 32.6% |
| Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 936 | 80.1% | 25.1% |
| Sheridan Elementary School KATY | 919 | 80.1% | 37.8% |
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 Stafford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3,335 of 4,401 | #101 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,155 of 4,466 ▲ 356 | #102 of 113 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,884 of 4,466 ▲ 162 | #112 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,376 of 3,998 | #51 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 938 | #151 of 4,938 | #24 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #4,391 of 4,622 | #111 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #1,668 of 4,628 | #84 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #1,648 of 4,789 | #9 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.4% | #492 of 1,307 | #18 of 34 |
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
938
-210 (-18%) vs 2020
+108% since 2000-01, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 938 | 48.7 | 19.3:1 | 84% (787) |
| 2023-24 | 952 | 48.1 | 19.8:1 | 84% (797) |
| 2022-23 | 1,077 | 65.3 | 16.5:1 | 82% (885) |
| 2020-21 | 1,148 | 71 | 16.2:1 | 70% (798) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 44.3 | 18.0:1 | 76% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 72% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 72% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 22 | 20.5:1 | 37% (165) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stafford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (799 to 938); teachers up 10% (44.3 to 48.7).
About Stafford Elementary School
Located in STAFFORD, Texas, Stafford Elementary School is a large elementary school. It has an enrollment of 938 students in grades 1 through 5. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 81% above that mark.
STAFFORD MSD operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,492 students.
More than half of the students at Stafford Elementary School are Hispanic (52%). The remaining shares are 39% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Fort Bend County's population at about 25%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stafford Elementary School scores 57%.
On staff are 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. About 84% of students at Stafford Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fort Bend County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Stafford Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 24% of Texas public elementary schools.
Stafford Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.3% is 4.6 points below the 37.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Fort Bend County, median household income comes to about $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Fort Bend County's 217 public schools enroll about 191,372 students and include Stafford Elementary School.
About 0.1 miles separate Stafford Elementary School from the closest public school, Stafford STEM Magnet Academy. The five-mile area around Stafford Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Stafford Elementary School's average proficiency of 33.3% compares with 42.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decrease, from 1,148 to 938. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 19.3:1.
On allk12, people connected to Stafford Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in STAFFORD MSD
- Stafford High SchoolHigh · 1,108 students
- Stafford Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
- Stafford EccElementary · 423 students
- Stafford STEM Magnet AcademyCombined · 345 students
- Fort Bend Co AlterElementary
- Stafford Adjustment CenterElementary
Other schools in STAFFORD
- Stafford High SchoolHigh · 1,108 students
- Stafford Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
- Stafford EccElementary · 423 students
- Stafford STEM Magnet AcademyCombined · 345 students
- Fort Bend Co AlterElementary
- Stafford Adjustment CenterElementary
Other Stafford Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Stafford Elementary. Stafford Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Stafford Elementary SchoolABILENE, TX · 473 students
- Stafford Elementary SchoolITALY, TX · 314 students
- Stafford Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 102 students
- Stafford ElementaryStafford, VA · 879 students
- Stafford Elementary SchoolStafford Springs, CT · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Stafford STEM Magnet Academy0.1 mi · 345
- Stafford High School0.2 mi · 1,108
- Stafford Ecc0.2 mi · 423
- Stafford Middle School0.2 mi · 678
- E A Jones Elementary School0.7 mi · 536
- Missouri City Middle School0.8 mi · 933
Frequently asked questions
About Stafford Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Stafford Elementary School?
Stafford Elementary School enrolls approximately 938 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Stafford Elementary School serve?
Stafford Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Stafford Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Stafford Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stafford Elementary School?
At Stafford Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 52% Hispanic, 39% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Stafford Elementary School in?
Stafford Elementary School is part of STAFFORD MSD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.