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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771000085
Stephens Elementary School
2402 ALDINE MAIL ROUTE RD, HOUSTON, TX 77039 · (281) 985-6560 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
470 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (111) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 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 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Stephens Elementary School
Stephens Elementary School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens Elementary School this school | 517 | 90.9% | 32.9% |
| Cantu Elementary School ALTON | 521 | 91.2% | 43.6% |
| Bussey Elementary School HOUSTON | 489 | 90.2% | 37.5% |
| Desert Wind Elementary School EL PASO | 521 | 89.8% | 40.9% |
| Rio Hondo Elementary School RIO HONDO | 527 | 90.9% | 36.9% |
| Egly Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 520 | 92.9% | 42.3% |
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 Stephens Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,380 of 4,401 | #482 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,054 of 4,466 ▼ 140 | #443 of 625 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,969 of 4,466 ▼ 411 | #570 of 625 ▼ 60 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #687 of 3,998 | #88 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #2,351 of 4,938 | #450 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,434 of 4,622 | #463 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #4,207 of 4,628 | #629 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #962 of 4,789 | #234 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.1% | #123 of 2,838 | #35 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
517
-57 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 517 | 31.9 | 16.2:1 | 91% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 30.7 | 16.5:1 | 94% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 30.4 | 16.8:1 | 96% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 93% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 908 | 56.8 | 16.0:1 | 91% (822) |
| 2015-16 | 1,001 | 59 | 17.0:1 | 89% (888) |
| 2010-11 | 972 | 56 | 17.4:1 | 84% (818) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 75% (586) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 42 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephens Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (908 to 517); teachers down 44% (56.8 to 31.9).
About Stephens Elementary School
Stephens Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. It reports enrollment of 517 students in grades 1 through 5.
ALDINE ISD enrolls 56,419 students in 76 schools, including Stephens Elementary School.
Roughly 96% of students at Stephens Elementary School are Hispanic. Other students are 3% Black. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stephens Elementary School scores 7%.
The school's 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Income data for the school show 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Stephens Elementary School would be expected to post about 34.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.9%.
For the population of Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harris County's 1,205 public schools enroll about 886,911 students and include Stephens Elementary School.
Avalos P-Tech School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Stephens Elementary School is 4th among 7 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Stephens Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
A 10% decrease took enrollment from 574 in 2020-21 to 517 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.0:1 to 16.2:1.
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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 ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Stephens Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Stephens Elementary. Stephens Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Stephens Elementary SchoolSHADY SHORES, TX · 422 students
- Stephens Elementary SchoolBurlington, KY · 577 students
- STEPHENS ELEMENTARYLITTLE ROCK, AR · 474 students
- Stephens ElementaryMadison, WI · 447 students
- Stephens ElementaryChowchilla, CA · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Avalos P-Tech School0.1 mi · 400
- Vardeman Ec/PK/K0.7 mi · 624
- Mead Middle School0.9 mi · 910
- Grantham Academy1.0 mi · 1,006
- Raymond Elementary School1.0 mi · 297
- Hinojosa Ec/PK/K1.0 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Stephens Elementary SchoolHow large is Stephens Elementary School?
Stephens Elementary School enrolls approximately 517 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Stephens Elementary School serve?
Stephens Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stephens Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stephens Elementary School is approximately 16.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Stephens Elementary School?
Student demographics at Stephens Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black.
What district is Stephens Elementary School in?
Stephens Elementary School is part of ALDINE ISD.
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