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Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432012958
Thomas Hancock Elementary School
9604 MINNESOTA ST, HOUSTON, TX 77075 · (713) 740-5430 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
317 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (62).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 14.0% | 23.0% | 51.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Thomas Hancock Elementary School
Thomas Hancock Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hancock Elementary School this school | 336 | 94.3% | 31.3% |
| E Ray Elementary School FORT WORTH | 347 | 98.0% | 30.1% |
| Maude I Logan Elementary School FORT WORTH | 319 | 94.0% | 39.8% |
| T J Austin Elementary School TYLER | 359 | 98.1% | 27.5% |
| Western Hills Primary School FORT WORTH | 393 | 95.2% | N/A |
| Clarence W Bailey Elementary School LONGVIEW | 283 | 92.9% | 27.6% |
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 Thomas Hancock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,541 of 4,401 | #514 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,175 of 4,466 ▼ 183 | #606 of 625 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,607 of 4,466 ▲ 243 | #515 of 625 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,337 of 3,998 | #208 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #3,973 of 4,938 | #588 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #387 of 4,622 | #60 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #1,825 of 4,628 | #238 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #583 of 4,789 | #155 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #801 of 2,838 | #156 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
336
-63 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 336 | 27.8 | 12.1:1 | 94% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 25.4 | 15.5:1 | 89% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 31.9 | 12.7:1 | 93% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 85% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 32.8 | 13.6:1 | 86% (382) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Hancock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (446 to 336); teachers down 15% (32.8 to 27.8).
About Thomas Hancock Elementary School
Thomas Hancock Elementary School is one of the public schools in HOUSTON, Texas. It is a small elementary school. It reported 336 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
PASADENA ISD is made up of 67 schools with 46,491 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Thomas Hancock Elementary School is Hispanic: 57%. Other groups make up 34% Black, 5% White, and 3% Asian. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Thomas Hancock Elementary School scores 56%.
Thomas Hancock Elementary School reports a ratio of 12.1 students per teacher, from 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Thomas Hancock Elementary School, 94% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Thomas Hancock Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.3%; the prediction is 33.4%.
Looking at the county, Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Beta Academy, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Thomas Hancock Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.5%; Thomas Hancock Elementary School's is 31.3%, ranking 5th of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Thomas Hancock Elementary School is City: Large.
The school shrank from 399 students in 2020-21 to 336 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Thomas Hancock Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 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
Nearby schools
- Beta Academy0.3 mi · 1,032
- Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School0.4 mi · 736
- Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Middle School0.4 mi · 449
- Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Orem High School0.4 mi · 837
- Garfield Elementary School0.6 mi · 537
- Jessup Elementary School0.7 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Hancock Elementary SchoolHow large is Thomas Hancock Elementary School?
Thomas Hancock Elementary School enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Thomas Hancock Elementary School serve?
Thomas Hancock Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Hancock Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Thomas Hancock Elementary School.
How diverse is Thomas Hancock Elementary School?
Thomas Hancock Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 57% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Thomas Hancock Elementary School public or private?
Thomas Hancock Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.