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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004704
Westwood Elementary School
10595 HAMMERLY, HOUSTON, TX 77043 · (713) 251-2100 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
13.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
445 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Elementary School this school | 475 | 93.7% | 36.8% |
| Emerson Elementary School AMARILLO | 500 | 95.0% | 41.9% |
| Williams Elementary School PASADENA | 455 | 92.1% | 47.3% |
| Crow Leadership Academy ARLINGTON | 500 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Wooldridge Elementary School AUSTIN | 462 | 93.7% | 10.5% |
| Hidden Cove Steam Academy SAN ANTONIO | 453 | 94.0% | 26.8% |
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 Westwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,978 of 4,401 | #415 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,664 of 4,466 ▲ 934 | #379 of 625 ▲ 143 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,504 of 4,466 ▲ 27 | #494 of 625 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,281 of 3,998 | #191 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #2,774 of 4,938 | #487 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #858 of 4,622 | #126 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #3,746 of 4,628 | #553 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #667 of 4,789 | #174 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #1,224 of 2,838 | #227 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
475
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 475 | 36.4 | 13.1:1 | 94% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 31.7 | 13.6:1 | 96% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 35 | 11.7:1 | 93% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 95% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 90% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 89% (586) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 90% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 70% (399) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 30 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (589 to 475); teachers down 13% (42 to 36.4).
About Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in HOUSTON, Texas. A federal count lists 475 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Within SPRING BRANCH ISD, Westwood Elementary School is one of 46 schools. The district enrolls 33,793 students.
Most students at Westwood Elementary School are Hispanic: 89% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 4% White and 4% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 45 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Westwood Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Its 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.1:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
Westwood Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Westwood Elementary School is 3.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 36.8%. Predicted: 33.7%.
Census estimates describe Harris County this way: median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Harris County number 1,205 and enroll about 886,911.
The shortest distance from Westwood Elementary School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Spring Oaks Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Westwood Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (483) to 2024-25 (475). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.6:1 to 13.1:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 SPRING BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 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 Westwood Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 20 states are named Westwood Elementary. Westwood Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 37.
- Westwood Elementary SchoolFRIENDSWOOD, TX · 497 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolPALESTINE, TX · 404 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENWOOD, AR · 839 students
- Westwood ElementarySan Diego, CA · 832 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolStillwater, OK · 626 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Oaks Middle School0.3 mi · 565
- The Tiger Trail School0.4 mi · 286
- Spring Woods High School0.5 mi · 2,020
- Terrace Elementary School0.8 mi · 457
- Pine Shadows Elementary School1.2 mi · 859
- Shadow Oaks Elementary School1.3 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades KG-05.
Is Westwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Westwood Elementary School have?
Westwood Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Westwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Westwood Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School is overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.