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What's one thing WHISPERING PINES EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUMBLE ISD·NCES 482391021311
Whispering Pines Elementary School
17321 WOODLAND HILLS DR, HUMBLE, TX 77346 · (281) 641-2500 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
484 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from HUMBLE ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Whispering Pines Elementary School
Whispering Pines Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines Elementary School this school | 608 | 79.6% | 26.8% |
| Gentry Elementary School MESQUITE | 607 | 79.4% | 38.9% |
| Oakmont Elementary School FORT WORTH | 562 | 81.3% | 40.9% |
| Walter Moses Burton Elementary School FRESNO | 668 | 77.2% | 29.5% |
| Ira Cross Jr Elementary School KILLEEN | 642 | 81.3% | 47.0% |
| Deloras E Thompson Elementary School HOUSTON | 634 | 80.6% | 26.6% |
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 Whispering Pines Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,940 of 4,401 | #573 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,665 of 4,466 ▲ 101 | #545 of 625 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,854 of 4,466 ▲ 225 | #556 of 625 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,211 of 3,998 | #345 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #1,561 of 4,938 | #342 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #303 of 4,622 | #48 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #1,153 of 4,628 | #141 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #1,979 of 4,789 | #410 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #1,921 of 2,838 | #327 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
608
-87 (-13%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 608 | 51.3 | 11.8:1 | 80% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 53.4 | 12.2:1 | 80% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 52.5 | 13.3:1 | 77% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 695 | 59 | 11.8:1 | 67% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 46.3 | 14.8:1 | 44% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 52% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 51% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 21% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whispering Pines Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (686 to 608); teachers up 11% (46.3 to 51.3).
About Whispering Pines Elementary School
Whispering Pines Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in HUMBLE, Texas. The school counts 608 students across pre-K through 5.
The 50 schools of HUMBLE ISD, including Whispering Pines Elementary School, enroll 48,502 students.
Whispering Pines Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 43%. Smaller groups are 42% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 19% of Harris County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Whispering Pines Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Teachers at the school number 51.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.8:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 80% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
Whispering Pines Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.8% and a predicted 39.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Whispering Pines Elementary School is among the 1,205 public schools in Harris County.
The school nearest to Whispering Pines Elementary School is Humble Middle School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of Whispering Pines Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Whispering Pines Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Whispering Pines Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 695 to 608 over 4 years.
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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 HUMBLE ISD
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Atascocita High SchoolHigh · 3,696 students
- Humble High SchoolHigh · 2,960 students
- Kingwood High SchoolHigh · 2,877 students
- Kingwood Park High SchoolHigh · 1,884 students
- West Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,486 students
Other schools in HUMBLE
- Atascocita High SchoolHigh · 3,696 students
- Humble High SchoolHigh · 2,960 students
- West Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,486 students
- Humble Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,264 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,235 students
- Autumn Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,233 students
Other Whispering Pines Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Whispering Pines Elementary. Whispering Pines Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOCA RATON, FL · 966 students
- WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Humble Middle School0.4 mi · 1,264
- Eagle Springs Elementary School1.7 mi · 672
- Timberwood Middle School1.7 mi · 1,023
- West Lake Middle School1.8 mi · 1,486
- River Pines Elementary School1.8 mi · 743
- Lakeland Elementary School1.8 mi · 919
Frequently asked questions
About Whispering Pines Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whispering Pines Elementary School?
Whispering Pines Elementary School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-05.
Is Whispering Pines Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whispering Pines Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whispering Pines Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whispering Pines Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Whispering Pines Elementary School?
Student demographics at Whispering Pines Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 42% Hispanic, 43% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Whispering Pines Elementary School in?
Whispering Pines Elementary School is part of HUMBLE ISD.
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