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How has THOMPSON EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771000068
Thompson Elementary School
220 CASA GRANDE DR, HOUSTON, TX 77060 · (281) 878-0333 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
420 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 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
9%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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Thompson Elementary School
Thompson Elementary School's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Elementary School this school | 455 | 92.3% | 51.4% |
| Pyburn Elementary School HOUSTON | 454 | 91.9% | 51.4% |
| Durkee Elementary School HOUSTON | 439 | 92.0% | 42.0% |
| Perez Elementary School AUSTIN | 460 | 90.9% | 25.3% |
| Hidden Cove Steam Academy SAN ANTONIO | 453 | 94.0% | 26.8% |
| Alice D Contreras FORT WORTH | 442 | 92.1% | 44.0% |
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 Thompson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,310 of 4,401 | #145 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,122 of 4,466 ▲ 69 | #134 of 625 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,227 of 4,466 ▼ 917 | #288 of 625 ▼ 141 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,458 of 3,998 | #392 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #2,962 of 4,938 | #495 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,666 of 4,622 | #234 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.5% | #4,164 of 4,628 | #621 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #804 of 4,789 | #198 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.6% | #127 of 2,838 | #36 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
455
-59 (-11%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,061
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 455 | 32.2 | 14.2:1 | 92% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 35.8 | 12.8:1 | 95% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 30.2 | 15.9:1 | 95% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 95% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 51.5 | 15.4:1 | 96% (762) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 92% (819) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 95% (672) |
| 2000-01 | 982 | 69 | 14.2:1 | 88% (869) |
| 1990-91 | 1,061 | 47 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thompson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (792 to 455); teachers down 38% (51.5 to 32.2).
About Thompson Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Thompson Elementary School serves students in HOUSTON, Texas. Enrolled students number 455 students, in grades 1 through 5.
Thompson Elementary School is one of the 76 schools that make up ALDINE ISD (56,419 students in total).
Most students at Thompson Elementary School are Hispanic: 96% of enrollment. Other students are 3% Black. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. Thompson Elementary School has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 32.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 92%. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, lower than here.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Thompson Elementary School is in the top 10% of Texas schools: 51.4% actual against 34.3% predicted.
Harris County has about 4,838,303 residents, and median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Harris County number 1,205 and enroll about 886,911.
Nearby, Stovall Middle School is about 0.4 miles away. Thompson Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Thompson Elementary School's average proficiency of 51.4% compares with 39.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Thompson Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Thompson Elementary School saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.6 in 2020-21.
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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 Thompson Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thompson Elementary. Thompson Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Thompson Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 540 students
- Thompson Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 531 students
- Thompson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 363 students
- THOMPSON ELEMENTARYRUSKIN, FL · 789 students
- Thompson Elementary SchoolGrandview, WA · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Stovall Middle School0.4 mi · 1,039
- Bussey Elementary School0.4 mi · 489
- Black Elementary School0.5 mi · 488
- Aldine High School0.6 mi · 2,481
- La Promesa0.6 mi · 448
- Marcella Elementary School1.0 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Thompson Elementary SchoolHow large is Thompson Elementary School?
Thompson Elementary School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades 01-05.
Is Thompson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thompson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Thompson Elementary School have?
Thompson Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Thompson Elementary School?
Thompson Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Thompson Elementary School?
Thompson Elementary School is overseen by ALDINE ISD in Harris County.
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