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Enrollment
792
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOOSE CREEK CISD·NCES 482115002121
Stephen F Austin Elementary School
3022 MASSEY TOMPKINS, BAYTOWN, TX 77521 · (281) 420-4620 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL792 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- CThree-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
16.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
514 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 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 | 20.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Stephen F Austin Elementary School
Stephen F Austin Elementary School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F Austin Elementary School this school | 792 | 64.9% | 42.9% |
| Zelma Hutsell Elementary School KATY | 804 | 67.3% | 35.0% |
| Tenie Holmes Elementary School BAY CITY | 763 | 62.9% | 33.3% |
| Lee Buice Elementary School ODESSA | 844 | 64.1% | 30.3% |
| Lake Air Montessori School WACO | 734 | 68.1% | 42.0% |
| Eduardo Mata Montessori School DALLAS | 720 | 66.7% | 41.4% |
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 Stephen F Austin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,222 of 4,401 | #296 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,553 of 4,466 ▼ 705 | #531 of 625 ▼ 126 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,512 of 4,466 ▼ 600 | #339 of 625 ▼ 98 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,762 of 3,998 | #436 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 792 | #475 of 4,938 | #135 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,361 of 4,622 | #452 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #2,501 of 4,628 | #340 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #2,844 of 4,789 | #505 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #1,064 of 1,307 | #116 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
792
+71 (+10%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 792 | 49.2 | 16.1:1 | 65% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 817 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 69% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 71% (579) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 59% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 59% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 55% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 55 | 16.3:1 | 36% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 830 | 54 | 15.4:1 | 19% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 39 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephen F Austin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (763 to 792); teachers up 5% (47 to 49.2).
About Stephen F Austin Elementary School
As a large elementary school, Stephen F Austin Elementary School serves students in BAYTOWN, Texas. The school enrolls 792 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
Stephen F Austin Elementary School reports to GOOSE CREEK CISD, which has 34 schools and 24,032 students.
About 68% of the student body at Stephen F Austin Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 20% White and 9% Black. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
For every teacher at Stephen F Austin Elementary School, there are about 16.1 students; the school has 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. There are 514 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 65% of enrollment.
Stephen F Austin Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Texas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Stephen F Austin Elementary School would be expected to post about 46.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.9%.
Looking at the county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Stephen F Austin Elementary School.
Cedar Bayou Junior High School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Stephen F Austin Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
Stephen F Austin Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
In 2020-21, Stephen F Austin Elementary School enrolled 721 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 792. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.4:1 to 16.1:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in GOOSE CREEK CISD
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Highlands Junior High SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in BAYTOWN
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Cedar Bayou Junior High SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other Stephen F Austin Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Stephen F Austin Elementary. Stephen F Austin Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Stephen F Austin Elementary SchoolRICHMOND, TX · 468 students
- Stephen F Austin Elementary SchoolPAMPA, TX · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Bayou Junior High School1.0 mi · 869
- Clark Elementary School1.5 mi · 712
- Crockett Elementary School1.7 mi · 545
- James Bowie Elementary School1.8 mi · 640
- Gentry Junior High School2.1 mi · 1,013
- Stuart Career Tech High School2.4 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Stephen F Austin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Stephen F Austin Elementary School?
Stephen F Austin Elementary School enrolls approximately 792 students in grades KG-05.
Is Stephen F Austin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stephen F Austin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stephen F Austin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stephen F Austin Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stephen F Austin Elementary School?
At Stephen F Austin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 68% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Stephen F Austin Elementary School?
Stephen F Austin Elementary School is overseen by GOOSE CREEK CISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.