TIMBER LAKES EL

Located at 15450 HARRINGTON DR, in NEW CANEY, Texas, TIMBER LAKES EL is an expansive elementary campus that serves 947 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of SPLENDORA ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 82% larger than typical.

SPLENDORA ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,687 students. TIMBER LAKES EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, TIMBER LAKES EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 33% White, 14% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TIMBER LAKES EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TIMBER LAKES EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 54.8%; TIMBER LAKES EL posts 30.4%, -24.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, 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), TIMBER LAKES EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PINEY WOODS EL, roughly 2.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TIMBER LAKES EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

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