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VICTORIA WALKER EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About VICTORIA WALKER EL
Set in BAYTOWN, Texas, VICTORIA WALKER EL is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of GOOSE CREEK CISD. It serves 763 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 47% larger than typical.
Within GOOSE CREEK CISD, which oversees 34 schools and 24,032 students, VICTORIA WALKER EL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, VICTORIA WALKER EL logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 15% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, VICTORIA WALKER EL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting VICTORIA WALKER EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VICTORIA WALKER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 45.0%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), VICTORIA WALKER EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is BANUELOS EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VICTORIA WALKER EL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 868 students in 2018 compared to 763 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 23% to 15%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.
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