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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004700
Thornwood Elementary School
14400 FERN, HOUSTON, TX 77079 · (713) 251-7300 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
15.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
350 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Thornwood Elementary School
Thornwood Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornwood Elementary School this school | 391 | 89.5% | 43.9% |
| Effie Morris Early Learning Academy LAKE WORTH | 356 | 90.7% | N/A |
| J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School LONGVIEW | 424 | 89.6% | 42.6% |
| Westcreek Elementary School FORT WORTH | 388 | 92.8% | 23.3% |
| M L Phillips Elementary School FORT WORTH | 394 | 87.6% | 21.7% |
| Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy TEMPLE | 487 | 86.4% | N/A |
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 Thornwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,099 of 4,401 | #272 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,219 of 4,466 ▼ 40 | #306 of 625 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,942 of 4,466 ▼ 435 | #404 of 625 ▼ 67 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,245 of 3,998 | #348 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #3,561 of 4,938 | #549 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,179 of 4,622 | #418 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #905 of 4,628 | #113 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.5% | #1,127 of 4,789 | #273 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #2,092 of 2,838 | #351 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
391
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 391 | 24.7 | 15.9:1 | 90% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 26.5 | 14.8:1 | 88% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 88% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 91% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 79% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 79% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 85% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 48% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thornwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (431 to 391); teachers down 23% (32 to 24.7).
About Thornwood Elementary School
Thornwood Elementary School is one of the public schools in HOUSTON, Texas. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment totals 391 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 25% below the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
Thornwood Elementary School is one school in SPRING BRANCH ISD, a system of 46 schools with 33,793 students.
The largest group at Thornwood Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 50%. Other students are 26% Black, 14% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school had 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 0.8 students per teacher. The school reported 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 20 points lower.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Thornwood Elementary School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Thornwood Elementary School is 8.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.9% versus 35.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In the wider Harris County area, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Thornwood Elementary School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
Spring Branch Academic Institute is the nearest public school to Thornwood Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Thornwood Elementary School is behind the 64.9% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 391, starting from 396. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1 in 2020-21, and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Thornwood Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 SPRING BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 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
- Spring Branch Academic Institute0.0 mi · 174
- Stratford High School0.3 mi · 2,394
- Spring Forest Middle School0.3 mi · 993
- Meadow Wood Elementary School0.4 mi · 686
- Nottingham Elementary School0.9 mi · 746
- Westchester Academy for International Studies1.0 mi · 864
Frequently asked questions
About Thornwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thornwood Elementary School?
Thornwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Thornwood Elementary School serve?
Thornwood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thornwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thornwood Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Thornwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thornwood Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 50% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Thornwood Elementary School public or private?
Thornwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.