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What's the biggest difference between WOODSON SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002417
Woodson School
10720 SOUTHVIEW ST, HOUSTON, TX 77047 · (713) 732-3600 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
450 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 103 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Woodson School→Thomas Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 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 | 22.0% | 37.0% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 26.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Woodson School
Woodson School's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson School this school | 457 | 98.5% | 26.7% |
| Martin Elementary School BEAUMONT | 517 | 97.3% | 15.3% |
| Homer Dr Elementary School BEAUMONT | 495 | 95.4% | 15.8% |
| Bingman PK BEAUMONT | 509 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Fehl-Price Elementary School BEAUMONT | 402 | 96.5% | 12.9% |
| IDEA A W Brown Academy DALLAS | 481 | 92.7% | N/A |
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 Woodson School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #3,946 of 4,401 | #574 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,744 of 4,466 ▲ 823 | #386 of 625 ▲ 132 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,536 of 4,466 ▲ 1,578 | #189 of 625 ▲ 240 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,186 of 3,998 | #171 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,947 of 4,938 | #492 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,769 of 4,622 | #247 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #3,595 of 4,628 | #518 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #130 of 4,789 | #44 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.6% | #201 of 2,838 | #56 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
457
-165 (-27%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 98% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 99% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 31.8 | 18.0:1 | 99% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 99% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 46.9 | 15.9:1 | 90% (673) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 90% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 8 | 24.1:1 | 39% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | N/A | N/A | 92% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 28 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodson School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (744 to 457); teachers down 32% (46.9 to 32).
About Woodson School
Woodson School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. Enrolled students number 457 students, in pre-K through 5.
Besides Woodson School, HOUSTON ISD runs 272 other schools. The district enrolls 176,727 students.
Most students at Woodson School are Black: 86% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Harris County is roughly 19% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Woodson School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
At Woodson School, 32 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Woodson School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Woodson School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.7% is 4.9 points below the 31.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Harris County, 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.
KIPP Sunnyside High School is the public school closest to Woodson School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Woodson School places 6th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Woodson School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Woodson School saw enrollment fall 27% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.3 to 14.3 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
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Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
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Other Woodson schools
One other US public school is named Woodson. Woodson School is the largest of the 2.
- Woodson SchoolWOODSON, TX · 178 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP Sunnyside High School0.4 mi · 622
- KIPP Zenith Academy0.4 mi · 780
- KIPP Spirit College Prep0.4 mi · 532
- Reynolds Elementary School0.8 mi · 301
- Pro-Vision Middle School0.9 mi · 140
- The Pro-Vision Academy0.9 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Woodson SchoolHow large is Woodson School?
Woodson School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
Is Woodson School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodson School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Woodson School have?
Woodson School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodson School?
Student demographics at Woodson School are roughly 2% White, 11% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Woodson School in?
Woodson School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
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