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WINDSONG EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WINDSONG EL
Located at 2100 W PARKWOOD, in FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, WINDSONG EL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that enrolls 607 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by FRIENDSWOOD ISD.
Across the 6 schools in FRIENDSWOOD ISD (6,194 students total), WINDSONG EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, WINDSONG EL records that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Galveston County as a whole.
On the resource side, WINDSONG EL lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Galveston County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, WINDSONG EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.0%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of -0.8 points.
Across the wider county, Galveston County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Galveston County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), WINDSONG EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is FRIENDSWOOD H S, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WINDSONG EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.6%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WINDSONG EL has decreased 4%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 607 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 73% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Galveston County at a glance
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