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Enrollment
668
Elementary
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMBALL ISD·NCES 484296007957
Tomball Elementary School
1110 INWOOD, TOMBALL, TX 77375 · (281) 357-3280 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-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.
- C+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
13.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
339 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 149 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 24% smaller than its 4th grade class (149).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Tomball Elementary School
Tomball Elementary School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomball Elementary School this school | 668 | 50.7% | 60.2% |
| Austin Elementary School ABILENE | 729 | 52.8% | 46.8% |
| Wilkinson Elementary School CONROE | 755 | 52.1% | 52.4% |
| Groves Intermediate School GROVES | 609 | 53.7% | 48.0% |
| Gordon-Reed Elementary School MONTGOMERY | 705 | 46.7% | 51.2% |
| Duff Elementary School ARLINGTON | 618 | 45.3% | 62.1% |
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 Tomball Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #757 of 4,401 | #82 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,264 of 4,466 ▼ 154 | #158 of 625 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,212 of 4,466 ▼ 341 | #140 of 625 ▼ 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,523 of 3,998 | #400 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #1,142 of 4,938 | #279 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,448 of 4,622 | #206 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #945 of 4,628 | #117 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #3,554 of 4,789 | #562 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #2,329 of 2,838 | #374 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
668
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 668 | 48.1 | 13.9:1 | 51% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 779 | 59 | 13.2:1 | 56% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 827 | 59.9 | 13.8:1 | 56% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 55% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 52.3 | 13.7:1 | 54% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 52 | 14.6:1 | 53% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 747 | 54 | 13.8:1 | 51% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 793 | 56 | 14.2:1 | 31% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tomball Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (717 to 668); teachers down 8% (52.3 to 48.1).
About Tomball Elementary School
Tomball Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in TOMBALL, Texas. It enrolled 668 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 29% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
Tomball Elementary School is one of 23 schools in TOMBALL ISD, which enrolls 22,913 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Tomball Elementary School, at 49%. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 34% White. Tomball Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Tomball Elementary School is 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.9:1. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 51%. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Tomball Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 52.0% for a school in Texas with Tomball Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Tomball Elementary School posts 60.2%.
Within Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Tomball Elementary School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
Tomball Intermediate School is the public school closest to Tomball Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Tomball Elementary School at 3rd of 6.
In the federal locale system, Tomball Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Tomball Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 701 in 2020-21 to 668 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.9:1) than in 2020-21 (15.2:1).
The Tomball Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 TOMBALL ISD
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 970 students
Other schools in TOMBALL
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Tomball Junior High SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Willow Wood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 884 students
Nearby schools
- Tomball Intermediate School0.6 mi · 1,179
- Early Excellence Academy0.7 mi · 219
- Tomball High School0.7 mi · 3,227
- Tomball Junior High School0.7 mi · 948
- Comquest Academy0.9 mi · 34
- Trinity Charter Schools - Tomball Campus1.6 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Tomball Elementary SchoolHow large is Tomball Elementary School?
Tomball Elementary School enrolls approximately 668 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Tomball Elementary School serve?
Tomball Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tomball Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tomball Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tomball Elementary School?
At Tomball Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 31% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Tomball Elementary School in?
Tomball Elementary School is part of TOMBALL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.