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WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL
WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL, a sizable elementary school in MAGNOLIA, Texas, part of MAGNOLIA ISD, works with 807 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 55% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
MAGNOLIA ISD comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 14,916 students; WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL is among them.
Demographically, WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.3%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household income runs about $97,701, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL is one.
MAGNOLIA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.9%.
WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL operates from a town-based location.
Trend over the last 7 years. WILLIE E WILLIAMS EL's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 719 (now 807). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 46% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
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