Outley Elementary

Summary:

Outley Elementary is a public elementary school in Houston, Texas, serving 829 students in grades PK-4 and part of the Alief Independent School District. The school has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 84.08% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Outley Elementary's academic performance has declined over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 803 out of 4,260 Texas elementary schools in 2013-2014 to 2,684 out of 4,675 in 2023-2024, and a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on STAAR tests is generally lower than the district and state averages, particularly in mathematics. For example, in 2023-2024, only 35.8% of 3rd-grade students and 33.53% of 4th-grade students at Outley Elementary were proficient or better in STAAR Mathematics, compared to 40.86% and 44.67% statewide, respectively.

Outley Elementary's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. African American and English Language Learner (ELL) students perform relatively better, with rankings in the top quartile of Texas elementary schools in these categories. However, Asian, Hispanic, and White students, as well as male students and students with special needs, perform significantly worse, with rankings in the bottom quartile. Compared to other nearby schools in the Alief Independent School District, such as Mahanay Elementary and Chancellor Elementary, Outley Elementary generally performs worse on academic measures, though some nearby schools also struggle with academic performance. Higher-performing charter schools in the area, such as Sst Advancement and Alief Montessori Community School, provide an interesting contrast and potential model for improvement.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 12355 Richmond Ave
       Houston, TX  77082-2435


(281) 584-0655

District: Alief Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2684th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,279 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  14.2 Help
Number of students:  829

Racial breakdown:

African American:
56.7%
Hispanic:
27.7%
Asian:
8.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Outley Elementary ranks worse than 57.4% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 8th among 24 ranked elementary schools in the Alief Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.29. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (56.7%), Hispanic (27.7%), Asian (8.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 84.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Outley Elementary is 14.2. 23 elementary schools in the Alief Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Outley Elementary is $11,279. 21 elementary schools in the Alief Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Outley Elementary was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

Alief Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Alief Independent School District (Isd) 699th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Outley Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 70.50 955th 3465 72.4%
2005 71.43 911th 3475 73.8%
2006 60.56 1504th 3476 56.7%
2007 78.09 548th 3724 85.3%
2008 69.61 1074th 3768 71.5%
2009 68.89 1168th 3884 69.9%
2010 68.53 1208th 3937 69.3%
2011 66.30 1417th 4095 65.4%
2012 78.89 708th 4206 83.2%
2013 69.70 1198th 4221 71.6%
2014 78.37 803rd 4260 81.2%
2015 77.67 873rd 4320 79.8%
2016 75.18 989th 4286 76.9%
2017 64.56 1269th 4329 70.7%
2018 64.70 1265th 4359 71.0%
2019 58.20 1613th 4479 64.0%
2021 51.53 1958th 4578 57.2%
2022 44.01 2500th 4581 45.4%
2023 37.07 2977th 4647 35.9%
2024 42.29 2684th 4675 42.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.24 475th 1046 54.6%
2019 46.06 633rd 1112 43.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.58 263rd 3226 91.8%
2019 63.33 906th 3333 72.8%
2021 80.61 324th 3446 90.6%
2022 68.50 749th 3487 78.5%
2023 61.23 1082nd 3556 69.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.34 1505th 3558 57.7%
2019 33.58 2529th 3684 31.4%
2021 38.63 2152nd 3799 43.4%
2022 33.24 2786th 3952 29.5%
2023 39.30 2356th 4086 42.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.99 465th 4264 89.1%
2019 72.08 701st 4309 83.7%
2021 59.23 1443rd 4451 67.6%
2022 55.38 1799th 4477 59.8%
2023 48.20 2295th 4521 49.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.78 1166th 4306 72.9%
2019 65.86 1198th 4348 72.4%
2021 54.49 1779th 4499 60.5%
2022 50.71 2117th 4561 53.6%
2023 50.16 2137th 4588 53.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.68 1412th 3106 54.5%
2019 72.69 622nd 3184 80.5%
2021 69.14 992nd 3006 67.0%
2022 74.33 474th 2958 84.0%
2023 75.14 309th 2980 89.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.86 204th 4240 95.2%
2019 71.94 701st 4295 83.7%
2021 72.56 631st 4331 85.4%
2022 63.73 1186th 4461 73.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.05 1534th 4319 64.5%
2019 49.77 2025th 4357 53.5%
2021 47.18 2130th 4498 52.6%
2022 38.85 2809th 4563 38.4%
2023 26.63 3633rd 4585 20.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.63 487th 1005 51.5%
2019 56.98 453rd 1009 55.1%
2021 61.68 368th 967 61.9%
2022 27.56 808th 957 15.6%
2023 25.47 868th 1015 14.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.85 397th 2483 84.0%
2019 75.72 356th 2515 85.8%
2021 60.88 693rd 2444 71.6%
2022 64.65 618th 2421 74.5%
2023 61.33 725th 2443 70.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.85 914th 4168 78.1%
2019 50.62 1948th 4188 53.5%
2021 47.72 2077th 4329 52.0%
2022 42.60 2590th 4376 40.8%
2023 30.38 3363rd 4401 23.6%
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Rank History for White students at Outley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.04 1389th 3127 55.6%
2019 39.26 2077th 3142 33.9%
2021 34.96 2156th 3082 30.0%
2022 24.31 2603rd 3082 15.5%
2023 32.09 2313th 3106 25.5%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Reviews:
by a parent
Monday, October 2, 2017

Open Quote This school has a very bad personnel with no courtesy and discrimination attitude. Newcomer in Houston, I went to register my child of 5 years old in Kindergarten to Outley and was surprised to be informed that he can not be register in Kinder but Pre-K even if he already attended for kinder oversea. Later after multiple meetings, I have been told it is because of the state law of DOB after September that my son was not allow to enroll kinder. However, I found out that many parents are allow to enroll their kids and bypass that state law. So until now I have not get any answer yet from the principle and her boss for that discrimination.
The rule should be applied to everybody!!!
I do not recommend that school at all for your child. There are better school around with great rate... Close Quote


by a parent
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Open Quote I am extremely pleased of high standards of AIMS program of Outley. My son was there .
Highly recommend this school.
This school is focusing on academics and then it is a wonderful school . Close Quote


by a parent
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Open Quote My son has ADHD ,the teacher asked him after he star taking pills,She sad "did you take pill today?" my son said "Yes." Then she said " It's not working." :( SO SAID! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Outley Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1994 112 281 99 232 0 n/a n/a 0 724
1995 135 345 58 190 2 n/a n/a 0 730
1996 135 345 58 190 2 n/a n/a 0 730
1997 115 314 76 196 2 n/a n/a 0 703
1998 102 170 75 196 0 n/a n/a 0 543
1999 112 170 103 190 0 n/a n/a 0 575
2000 128 196 98 173 2 n/a n/a 0 597
2001 177 290 154 249 0 n/a n/a 0 870
2002 180 301 187 213 4 n/a n/a 0 885
2003 180 301 187 213 4 n/a n/a 0 885
2004 137 299 167 216 1 n/a n/a 0 820
2005 148 308 172 244 1 n/a n/a 0 873
2006 137 450 221 254 1 n/a n/a 0 1063
2007 136 391 203 245 2 n/a n/a 0 977
2008 111 408 190 248 4 n/a n/a 0 961
2009 118 403 178 288 5 n/a n/a 0 992
2010 139 433 220 268 22 n/a n/a 0 1082
2011 120 449 165 319 4 0 14 0 1071
2012 94 462 159 329 4 3 19 0 1070
2013 92 461 139 316 8 3 19 0 1038
2014 90 479 146 286 17 2 32 0 1052
2015 104 461 166 301 10 4 26 0 1072
2016 115 497 163 302 7 4 34 0 1122
2017 129 576 154 298 7 1 23 0 1188
2018 117 591 158 309 5 1 26 0 1207
2019 107 580 149 298 8 5 17 0 1164
2020 99 602 120 306 6 7 10 0 1150
2021 80 535 92 243 3 3 6 0 962
2022 53 583 78 224 5 0 3 0 946
2023 52 470 70 230 4 2 1 0 829

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 Outley Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1994 724 48.7 14.9 52.9
1995 730 52.3 14.0 49.7
1996 730 52.3 14.0 49.7
1997 703 50.9 13.8 44.5
1998 543 39.9 13.6 28.9
1999 575 40.5 14.2 34.3
2000 597 42.9 13.9 41
2001 870 43.1 20.2 35.2
2002 885 53.3 16.6 31.5
2003 885 53.3 16.6 31.5
2004 820 49.0 16.7 31.7
2005 873 53.7 16.3 37.9
2006 1063 56.4 18.8 47.8
2007 977 65.0 15.0 42.4
2008 961 62.9 15.3 45.4
2009 992 63.0 15.7 49.2
2010 1082 69.3 15.6 53.6
2011 1071 67.2 15.9 56.2
2012 1070 65.7 16.2 57.9
2013 1038 66.2 15.6 60.6
2014 1052 69.3 15.1 61.2
2015 1072 71.0 15.0 60.4
2016 1122 72.0 15.5 58.1
2017 1188 72.0 16.5 65.6
2018 1207 74.8 16.1 65.5
2019 1164 74.8 15.5 75.9
2020 1150 72.6 15.8 75.6
2021 962 71.9 13.3 82.2
2022 946 68.9 13.7 82.8
2023 829 58.1 14.2 84.1

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 Outley Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1994 724 48.7 14.9 52.9
1995 730 52.3 14.0 49.7
1996 730 52.3 14.0 49.7
1997 703 50.9 13.8 44.5
1998 543 39.9 13.6 28.9
1999 575 40.5 14.2 34.3
2000 597 42.9 13.9 41
2001 870 43.1 20.2 35.2
2002 885 53.3 16.6 31.5
2003 885 53.3 16.6 31.5
2004 820 49.0 16.7 31.7
2005 873 53.7 16.3 37.9
2006 1063 56.4 18.8 47.8
2007 977 65.0 15.0 42.4
2008 961 62.9 15.3 45.4
2009 992 63.0 15.7 49.2
2010 1082 69.3 15.6 53.6
2011 1071 67.2 15.9 56.2
2012 1070 65.7 16.2 57.9
2013 1038 66.2 15.6 60.6
2014 1052 69.3 15.1 61.2
2015 1072 71.0 15.0 60.4
2016 1122 72.0 15.5 58.1
2017 1188 72.0 16.5 65.6
2018 1207 74.8 16.1 65.5
2019 1164 74.8 15.5 75.9
2020 1150 72.6 15.8 75.6
2021 962 71.9 13.3 82.2
2022 946 68.9 13.7 82.8
2023 829 58.1 14.2 84.1

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 Outley Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,089 (12.8%) $7,390 (87.2%) $8,479
2020 $1,086 (12.4%) $7,703 (87.6%) $8,789
2021 $1,919 (17.0%) $9,360 (83.0%) $11,279

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Outley Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1613th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2977th of 4647 Elementary schools
 28.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Outley Elementary)4546
 1%
   3rd Grade Reading (Alief Independent School District (Isd))2941
 12%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Outley Elementary)4933
 16%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alief Independent School District (Isd))3329
 4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Outley Elementary)4540
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Alief Independent School District (Isd))3233
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Outley Elementary)4834
 14%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alief Independent School District (Isd))4136
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1164829
 28.8%
African American580470
 19%
American Indian84
 50%
Asian14970
 53%
Hispanic298230
 22.8%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White10752
 51.4%
Two or More Races171
 94.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients75.9%84.1%
 8.1%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 829 students attended Outley Elementary.

Outley Elementary ranks 2684th of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Outley Elementary are 57% African American, 28% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% White.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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