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Enrollment
924
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002601
Twain Elementary School
7500 BRAES BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77025 · (713) 295-5230 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL924 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
178 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 12 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 155 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 158 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 172 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Twain Elementary School→Pershing Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 59.0% | 25.0% | 10.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 68.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Twain Elementary School
Twain Elementary School's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twain Elementary School this school | 924 | 19.3% | 74.4% |
| Teravista Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 821 | 22.7% | 64.7% |
| Ruth and Harold Frazier Elementary School MCKINNEY | 792 | 17.0% | 57.5% |
| Wolf Ranch Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 869 | 22.2% | 47.2% |
| Sumeer Elememtary MELISSA | 962 | 24.0% | 60.1% |
| Snyder Elementary School SPRING | 859 | 25.1% | 65.5% |
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 Twain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #207 of 4,401 | #29 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #587 of 4,466 ▼ 181 | #66 of 625 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #136 of 4,466 ▼ 8 | #23 of 625 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,934 of 3,998 | #301 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 924 | #173 of 4,938 | #62 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #4,307 of 4,622 | #614 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #63 of 4,628 | #4 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #4,451 of 4,789 | #645 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #1,016 of 1,307 | #109 of 148 |
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
924
+65 (+8%) vs 2020
+107% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 924 | 49.9 | 18.5:1 | 19% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 49 | 17.8:1 | 20% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 49 | 18.5:1 | 20% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 15% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 884 | 51.4 | 17.2:1 | 16% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 54 | 16.9:1 | 11% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 13% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 28% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (884 to 924); teachers down 3% (51.4 to 49.9).
About Twain Elementary School
Families in HOUSTON, Texas, are served by Twain Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 924 students. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 78% larger than that.
District-wide, HOUSTON ISD has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
Enrollment at Twain Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 34%. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 17% Black, 15% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The White share in Harris County as a whole is similar, at about 34%. The chance that two students picked at random at Twain Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
The school has about 18.5 students per teacher and 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 51 points below the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
In Texas, Twain Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 74.4% actual against a predicted 65.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Twain Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in Harris County, which together enroll about 886,911 students.
The shortest distance from Twain Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Pershing Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Twain Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 859 to 924.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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 Twain Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Twain Elementary. Twain Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Twain Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 850 students
- Twain ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 474 students
- Twain Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Pershing Middle School0.2 mi · 1,141
- Longfellow Elementary School0.9 mi · 576
- Horn Elementary School1.0 mi · 750
- Rice School /La Escuela Rice1.0 mi · 1,043
- West University Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,183
- Shearn Elementary School1.5 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Twain Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Twain Elementary School?
Twain Elementary School enrolls approximately 924 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Twain Elementary School serve?
Twain Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Twain Elementary School have?
Twain Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Twain Elementary School?
Student demographics at Twain Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 26% Hispanic, 17% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Twain Elementary School in?
Twain Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.