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SUCHMA EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
About SUCHMA EL
SUCHMA EL is an elementary school of substantial scale in CONROE, Texas, operated by CONROE ISD, educateing 1,428 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 175% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
Within CONROE ISD, which oversees 66 schools and 72,914 students, SUCHMA EL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, SUCHMA EL lists that 31% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 16% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SUCHMA EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at SUCHMA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUCHMA EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.8%.
Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,701, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), SUCHMA EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is IRONS J H, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUCHMA EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
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