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Enrollment
988
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONROE ISD·NCES 481500009352
Tough Elementary School
11660 CRANE BROOK DR, THE WOODLANDS, TX 77382 · (281) 465-5900 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL988 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.9:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
65 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 156 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 188 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (188).
Student demographics
67%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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
80.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 60.0% | 21.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 53.0% | 27.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Tough Elementary School
Tough Elementary School's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tough Elementary School this school | 988 | 6.6% | 82.3% |
| West University Elementary School HOUSTON | 1,183 | 6.1% | 89.4% |
| Blackland Prairie Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 785 | 11.6% | 66.4% |
| Rancho Sienna Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 770 | 7.7% | 66.8% |
| William J Winkley Elementary School LEANDER | 763 | 12.1% | 55.2% |
| Wellington Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 731 | 4.8% | 79.5% |
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 Tough Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #59 of 4,401 | #5 of 77 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #134 of 4,466 ▼ 19 | #5 of 77 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #217 of 4,466 ▼ 154 | #1 of 77 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,063 of 3,998 | #23 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 988 | #106 of 4,938 | #4 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,239 of 4,622 | #61 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #762 of 4,628 | #9 of 78 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #4,726 of 4,789 | #77 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #708 of 1,307 | #15 of 28 |
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
988
+13 (+1%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 1,238
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 988 | 62 | 15.9:1 | 7% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 997 | 63 | 15.8:1 | 8% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 1,035 | 64.8 | 16.0:1 | 7% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 975 | 62 | 15.7:1 | 6% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 889 | 58.9 | 15.1:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 1,008 | 59 | 17.1:1 | 3% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 1,238 | 71 | 17.4:1 | 3% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tough Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (889 to 988); teachers up 5% (58.9 to 62).
About Tough Elementary School
A large elementary school in THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Tough Elementary School is part of CONROE ISD. The student body numbers 988 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 90% above that.
CONROE ISD is the local district for Tough Elementary School. It runs 66 schools with 72,914 students.
Enrollment at Tough Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 47%. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 67% White share among all Montgomery County residents. By the diversity index, Tough Elementary School comes in at 67%.
Tough Elementary School employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 7% in 2024-25. That is lower than the 48% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
allk12 grades Tough Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Tough Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 82.3%; the prediction is 70.9%.
Montgomery County has these Census figures: median household income is about $97,701, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Tough Elementary School is among the 160 public schools in Montgomery County.
Deretchin Elementary School is the public school closest to Tough Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Tough Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Tough Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 975 students in 2020-21 and 988 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Community posts for Tough Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONROE ISD
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
Other schools in THE WOODLANDS
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- McCullough Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,195 students
- Knox Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,395 students
- Mitchell Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,253 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
Nearby schools
- Deretchin Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,209
- Bear Branch Intermediate School1.4 mi · 1,082
- Bear Branch Junior High School1.5 mi · 1,119
- Buckalew Elementary School2.2 mi · 823
- Cedric C Smith2.2 mi · 738
- Sst the Woodlands2.3 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Tough Elementary SchoolHow large is Tough Elementary School?
Tough Elementary School enrolls approximately 988 students in grades PK-06.
Is Tough Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tough Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Tough Elementary School have?
Tough Elementary School employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Tough Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tough Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Tough Elementary School in?
Tough Elementary School is part of CONROE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.