Houston Elementary

Summary:

Houston Elementary is a public elementary school located in Denton, Texas, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 502. The school is part of the Denton Independent School District, which is ranked 565 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Houston Elementary stands out for its diverse student population, with a higher percentage of minority students (54.98% non-White) compared to nearby schools. Academically, the school consistently outperforms the Denton Independent School District and the state of Texas on STAAR assessments, particularly in reading and mathematics. For example, in 2023-2024, Houston Elementary had higher proficiency rates in STAAR Reading (3rd: 49.32%, 4th: 57.47%, 5th: 65.91%) and STAAR Mathematics (3rd: 55.41%, 4th: 37.93%, 5th: 45.45%) compared to the district and state. However, the school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with lower rankings for African American and Special Education students.

Compared to nearby schools in the Denton Independent School District, Houston Elementary generally outperforms them on academic measures, with the exception of a few high-performing schools like Denton K-8 Virtual Academy and Hawk Elementary. Houston Elementary's higher per-student spending of $11,215 in 2020-2021 may contribute to its strong academic performance, which has been consistently high over the past 10 years, earning the school a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 3100 Teasley
       Denton, TX  76205-8093


(940) 369-2900

District: Denton Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1455th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,215 Help


Students who attend Houston Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    McMath Middle
High:    Denton High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.7 Help
Number of students:  527

Racial breakdown:

White:
47.6%
Hispanic:
23.9%
African American:
15.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  44.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Houston Elementary ranks better than 68.9% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 10th among 24 ranked elementary schools in the Denton Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.64. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Houston Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (47.6%), Hispanic (23.9%), African American (15.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 44.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Houston Elementary is 12.7. 13 elementary schools in the Denton Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Houston Elementary is $11,215. 13 elementary schools in the Denton Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Houston Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Houston Elementary 1455th of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Houston Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Denton Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Denton Independent School District (Isd) 565th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Houston Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 73.07 802nd 3465 76.9%
2005 79.52 484th 3475 86.1%
2006 71.10 959th 3476 72.4%
2007 72.38 910th 3724 75.6%
2008 76.01 696th 3768 81.5%
2009 80.30 475th 3884 87.8%
2010 80.97 410th 3937 89.6%
2011 82.85 315th 4095 92.3%
2012 88.05 298th 4206 92.9%
2013 87.20 337th 4221 92.0%
2014 85.19 445th 4260 89.6%
2015 82.64 604th 4320 86.0%
2016 71.38 1189th 4286 72.3%
2017 75.23 858th 4329 80.2%
2018 67.52 1135th 4359 74.0%
2019 71.70 998th 4479 77.7%
2021 65.87 1308th 4578 71.4%
2022 77.27 867th 4581 81.1%
2023 74.82 965th 4647 79.2%
2024 62.64 1455th 4675 68.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.22 1596th 3226 50.5%
2019 59.85 1086th 3333 67.4%
2021 76.48 441st 3446 87.2%
2022 86.56 209th 3487 94.0%
2023 75.15 545th 3556 84.7%
2024 66.21 894th 3638 75.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.34 1284th 3558 63.9%
2019 56.66 1082nd 3684 70.6%
2021 41.39 1941st 3799 48.9%
2022 48.31 1680th 3952 57.5%
2023 48.48 1731st 4086 57.6%
2024 25.17 3556th 4261 16.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.20 2027th 4264 52.5%
2019 46.65 2300th 4309 46.6%
2021 48.00 2176th 4451 51.1%
2022 49.22 2201st 4477 50.8%
2023 67.97 1026th 4521 77.3%
2024 48.02 2319th 4560 49.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.53 1056th 4306 75.5%
2019 68.82 1077th 4348 75.2%
2021 68.83 1106th 4499 75.4%
2022 77.15 798th 4561 82.5%
2023 68.62 1155th 4588 74.8%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.57 1173rd 3106 62.2%
2019 71.74 679th 3184 78.7%
2021 60.50 1372nd 3006 54.4%
2022 70.36 743rd 2958 74.9%
2023 71.58 683rd 2980 77.1%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.13 1132nd 4240 73.3%
2019 70.67 759th 4295 82.3%
2021 69.85 751st 4331 82.7%
2022 86.12 275th 4461 93.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.70 1345th 4319 68.9%
2019 72.22 928th 4357 78.7%
2021 61.66 1409th 4498 68.7%
2022 73.78 961st 4563 78.9%
2023 76.19 865th 4585 81.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.94 427th 1005 57.5%
2019 53.12 517th 1009 48.8%
2021 40.30 631st 967 34.7%
2022 51.09 550th 957 42.5%
2023 72.60 235th 1015 76.8%
2024 50.74 609th 1035 41.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.90 934th 2483 62.4%
2019 42.81 1428th 2515 43.2%
2021 30.97 1818th 2444 25.6%
2022 29.83 1888th 2421 22.0%
2023 48.44 1122nd 2443 54.1%
2024 35.18 1671st 2421 31.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.83 1391st 4168 66.6%
2019 52.08 1838th 4188 56.1%
2021 61.56 1287th 4329 70.3%
2022 80.11 520th 4376 88.1%
2023 70.91 890th 4401 79.8%
2024 63.34 1265th 4431 71.5%
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Rank History for White students at Houston Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.77 1540th 3127 50.8%
2019 68.20 852nd 3142 72.9%
2021 50.26 1480th 3082 52.0%
2022 65.85 950th 3082 69.2%
2023 65.97 967th 3106 68.9%
2024 57.69 1276th 3078 58.5%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Reviews:
by a parent
Monday, February 11, 2019

Open Quote Didnt put our son on a 504 plan because he has adhd, and is a transfer student. Failed to put him on the plan so they could kick him out due to him being a transfer student. His academic scores are excellent, 1st grade reading at 3rd grade level, already knows multiplication, division, and fractions. Just getting bored, finishing before the other students, and being disruptive. This tells me that they would prefer to kick out any mildly disruptive students if given a choice, but cannot because they aren’t transfers. We told them we were withdrawing him and they had the 504 paperwork the very same day. They should be ashamed of themselvesyou know who you are, and who we are. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Houston Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 461 90 11 23 2 n/a n/a 0 587
1989 474 122 10 11 3 n/a n/a 0 620
1990 460 115 16 13 2 n/a n/a 0 606
1991 450 124 14 14 3 n/a n/a 0 605
1992 485 117 18 22 2 n/a n/a 0 644
1993 525 118 20 18 0 n/a n/a 0 681
1994 555 144 21 33 2 n/a n/a 0 755
1995 471 139 15 37 2 n/a n/a 0 664
1996 471 139 15 37 2 n/a n/a 0 664
1997 467 139 22 46 4 n/a n/a 0 678
1998 474 110 26 45 9 n/a n/a 0 664
1999 379 91 23 34 6 n/a n/a 0 533
2000 499 99 31 46 6 n/a n/a 0 681
2001 565 100 29 56 6 n/a n/a 0 756
2002 461 79 30 44 4 n/a n/a 0 618
2003 461 79 30 44 4 n/a n/a 0 618
2004 457 104 41 56 9 n/a n/a 0 667
2005 455 110 39 67 9 n/a n/a 0 680
2006 433 136 60 91 5 n/a n/a 0 725
2007 438 106 52 92 8 n/a n/a 0 696
2008 423 93 54 88 8 n/a n/a 0 666
2009 432 96 49 78 7 n/a n/a 0 662
2010 411 82 51 78 6 n/a n/a 0 628
2011 399 82 53 102 5 1 1 0 643
2012 377 85 60 98 3 1 2 0 626
2013 357 82 49 102 2 1 18 0 611
2014 364 79 47 97 1 1 18 0 607
2015 349 82 39 88 0 2 23 0 583
2016 329 87 48 90 0 2 18 0 574
2017 339 93 61 76 1 2 20 0 592
2018 345 78 55 86 2 2 16 0 584
2019 340 86 47 95 0 1 13 0 582
2020 336 82 46 121 0 2 5 0 592
2021 273 78 45 117 0 0 17 0 530
2022 265 75 46 117 0 1 25 0 529
2023 226 79 47 124 0 2 24 0 502
2024 251 81 38 126 0 3 28 0 527

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Houston Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 587 31.0 18.9 n/a
1989 620 n/a n/a n/a
1990 606 34.0 17.8 n/a
1991 605 34.1 17.7 n/a
1992 644 36.0 17.8 10.4
1993 681 39.0 17.5 17.3
1994 755 41.4 18.2 17.6
1995 664 42.2 15.7 18.2
1996 664 42.2 15.7 18.2
1997 678 43.6 15.6 17.4
1998 664 43.1 15.4 15.8
1999 533 38.6 13.8 16.7
2000 681 39.4 17.3 19.4
2001 756 45.6 16.6 20.6
2002 618 41.6 14.9 20.7
2003 618 41.6 14.9 20.7
2004 667 44.0 15.2 23.8
2005 680 42.6 16.0 26
2006 725 46.1 15.7 27.2
2007 696 46.6 14.9 23
2008 666 47.0 14.2 22.2
2009 662 47.9 13.8 22.8
2010 628 46.6 13.4 22.3
2011 643 43.8 14.6 26.6
2012 626 40.1 15.5 28.9
2013 611 42.5 14.3 30.3
2014 607 42.3 14.3 29.7
2015 583 43.0 13.5 29.8
2016 574 40.0 14.3 32.8
2017 592 40.8 14.4 31.3
2018 584 42.6 13.7 31.7
2019 582 43.9 13.2 37.5
2020 592 47.1 12.5 37.5
2021 530 45.6 11.6 38.7
2022 529 42.5 12.4 44.4
2023 502 41.4 12.1 41.4
2024 527 41.2 12.7 44.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Houston Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 587 31.0 18.9 n/a
1989 620 n/a n/a n/a
1990 606 34.0 17.8 n/a
1991 605 34.1 17.7 n/a
1992 644 36.0 17.8 10.4
1993 681 39.0 17.5 17.3
1994 755 41.4 18.2 17.6
1995 664 42.2 15.7 18.2
1996 664 42.2 15.7 18.2
1997 678 43.6 15.6 17.4
1998 664 43.1 15.4 15.8
1999 533 38.6 13.8 16.7
2000 681 39.4 17.3 19.4
2001 756 45.6 16.6 20.6
2002 618 41.6 14.9 20.7
2003 618 41.6 14.9 20.7
2004 667 44.0 15.2 23.8
2005 680 42.6 16.0 26
2006 725 46.1 15.7 27.2
2007 696 46.6 14.9 23
2008 666 47.0 14.2 22.2
2009 662 47.9 13.8 22.8
2010 628 46.6 13.4 22.3
2011 643 43.8 14.6 26.6
2012 626 40.1 15.5 28.9
2013 611 42.5 14.3 30.3
2014 607 42.3 14.3 29.7
2015 583 43.0 13.5 29.8
2016 574 40.0 14.3 32.8
2017 592 40.8 14.4 31.3
2018 584 42.6 13.7 31.7
2019 582 43.9 13.2 37.5
2020 592 47.1 12.5 37.5
2021 530 45.6 11.6 38.7
2022 529 42.5 12.4 44.4
2023 502 41.4 12.1 41.4
2024 527 41.2 12.7 44.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Houston Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $463 (5.1%) $8,534 (94.8%) $8,998
2020 $375 (4.0%) $9,118 (96.0%) $9,493
2021 $1,316 (11.7%) $9,899 (88.3%) $11,215

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Houston Elementary

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 998th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 965th of 4647 Elementary schools
 1.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Houston Elementary)4156
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Denton Independent School District (Isd))4451
 7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Houston Elementary)5646
 10%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Denton Independent School District (Isd))4841
 7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Houston Elementary)5260
 8%
   4th Grade Reading (Denton Independent School District (Isd))4747
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Houston Elementary)6354
 9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Denton Independent School District (Isd))5345
 8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Houston Elementary)6675
 9%
   5th Grade Reading (Denton Independent School District (Isd))6057
 3%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Houston Elementary)7068
 2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Denton Independent School District (Isd))6348
 15%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Houston Elementary)5243
 9%
   5th Grade Science (Denton Independent School District (Isd))5332
 21%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students582502
 13.7%
African American8679
 8.1%
American Indian00
Asian4747
Hispanic95124
 30.5%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White340226
 33.5%
Two or More Races1324
 84.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients37.5%41.4%
 4%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 527 students attended Houston Elementary.

Houston Elementary ranks 1455th of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Houston Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : McMath Middle
High : Denton High School

Students at Houston Elementary are 48% White, 24% Hispanic, 15% African American, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more races.


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