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Memorial Elementary

Summary:

Memorial Elementary is a public elementary school in Houston, Texas that serves students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. With a student population of over 600, the school has seen a shift in its racial makeup in recent years, with increases in the percentage of White and Asian students.

Memorial Elementary consistently outperforms the Houston Independent School District and the state of Texas in STAAR test scores, with particularly strong performance for certain student subgroups like African American, White, and low socioeconomic status students. The school has been ranked in the top half of Texas elementary schools by SchoolDigger, with a 4-star rating in recent years. Compared to nearby schools like Gregory-Lincoln Educational Center, Memorial Elementary's academic performance is significantly stronger.

Another interesting trend at Memorial Elementary is the decrease in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 63.29% in 2020-2021 to 45.05% in 2022-2023, suggesting a potential shift in the socioeconomic makeup of the student population. This contrasts with nearby schools like Love Elementary, which has a much higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 73.28%.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 6401 Arnot St
       Houston, TX  77007-2007

(713) 867-5150

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
841st of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,240 Help


Students who attend Memorial Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Hogg Middle
High:    Lamar High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.3 Help
Number of students:  424

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
52.6%
White:
23.6%
African American:
9.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  45% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Memorial Elementary ranks better than 82% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 20th among 170 ranked elementary schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.61. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (52.6%), White (23.6%), African American (9.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 45% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Memorial Elementary is 16.3, which is the 72nd best among 170 elementary schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Memorial Elementary is $11,240, which is the 40th highest among 170 elementary schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger Rankings:

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

Houston Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Houston Independent School District (Isd) 572nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Memorial Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 53.49 1840th 3465 46.9%
2005 33.28 2740th 3475 21.2%
2006 50.92 2010th 3476 42.2%
2007 46.22 2399th 3724 35.6%
2008 67.18 1232nd 3768 67.3%
2009 63.50 1514th 3884 61.0%
2010 48.23 2420th 3937 38.5%
2011 52.06 2294th 4095 44.0%
2012 55.50 1964th 4206 53.3%
2013 47.04 2463rd 4221 41.6%
2014 58.66 1850th 4260 56.6%
2015 40.54 2821st 4320 34.7%
2016 43.81 2605th 4286 39.2%
2017 50.82 1918th 4329 55.7%
2018 63.30 1328th 4359 69.5%
2019 67.96 1154th 4479 74.2%
2021 79.08 771st 4578 83.2%
2022 75.03 948th 4581 79.3%
2023 72.78 1048th 4647 77.4%
2024 77.61 841st 4675 82.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.94 1878th 3226 41.8%
2019 61.04 1014th 3333 69.6%
2021 59.05 1028th 3446 70.2%
2022 56.48 1282nd 3487 63.2%
2023 43.55 2041st 3556 42.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 46.45 1801st 3952 54.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.66 1060th 4264 75.1%
2019 69.20 852nd 4309 80.2%
2021 86.92 225th 4451 94.9%
2022 75.51 634th 4477 85.8%
2023 61.28 1431st 4521 68.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.31 1105th 4306 74.3%
2019 69.60 1041st 4348 76.1%
2021 78.63 734th 4499 83.7%
2022 78.96 723rd 4561 84.1%
2023 69.24 1126th 4588 75.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.57 2400th 3106 22.7%
2019 43.40 2279th 3184 28.4%
2021 68.44 1031st 3006 65.7%
2022 68.90 850th 2958 71.3%
2023 68.48 927th 2980 68.9%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.58 2040th 4240 51.9%
2019 61.53 1238th 4295 71.2%
2021 84.46 277th 4331 93.6%
2022 67.40 967th 4461 78.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.52 1659th 4319 61.6%
2019 62.28 1359th 4357 68.8%
2021 74.46 899th 4498 80.0%
2022 65.95 1286th 4563 71.8%
2023 74.38 951st 4585 79.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.23 450th 2483 81.9%
2019 70.43 478th 2515 81.0%
2023 77.94 318th 2443 87.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.60 1240th 4168 70.2%
2019 72.51 753rd 4188 82.0%
2021 84.19 380th 4329 91.2%
2022 68.88 977th 4376 77.7%
2023 63.87 1271st 4401 71.1%
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Rank History for White students at Memorial Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 43.33 1884th 3142 40.0%
2021 82.52 304th 3082 90.1%
2022 87.33 173rd 3082 94.4%
2023 92.30 72nd 3106 97.7%
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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
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Open Quote New Principal and assistant principal are unsupportive of staff, parents and students, out of date in current literacy/math strategies and research and unskilled to carry out what a school needs to keep moving up. They yell at students and teachers, diminishing both in public and in private. They don't believe or trust in their students or staff. More than 85% of their awesome teachers left this year because of poor admistration. Very sad to see HISD still allows this type of practices in the 21st century. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Memorial Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 20 15 0 404 0 n/a n/a 0 439
1990 29 21 0 386 0 n/a n/a 0 436
1991 18 12 2 386 0 n/a n/a 0 418
1992 16 11 0 366 0 n/a n/a 0 393
1993 20 11 3 363 0 n/a n/a 0 397
1994 21 8 3 392 0 n/a n/a 0 424
1995 14 10 0 360 0 n/a n/a 0 384
1996 14 10 0 360 0 n/a n/a 0 384
1997 15 13 3 328 0 n/a n/a 0 359
1998 21 15 3 313 0 n/a n/a 0 352
1999 14 16 1 301 0 n/a n/a 0 332
2000 13 7 0 285 0 n/a n/a 0 305
2001 14 4 3 291 0 n/a n/a 0 312
2002 8 5 0 272 0 n/a n/a 0 285
2003 8 5 0 272 0 n/a n/a 0 285
2004 13 3 3 245 0 n/a n/a 0 264
2005 16 18 3 405 0 n/a n/a 0 442
2006 25 17 3 354 0 n/a n/a 0 399
2007 20 23 5 328 0 n/a n/a 0 376
2008 20 24 7 303 0 n/a n/a 0 354
2009 21 24 8 290 0 n/a n/a 0 343
2010 22 20 9 285 0 n/a n/a 0 336
2011 31 17 10 277 0 0 3 0 338
2012 23 23 10 345 4 0 3 0 408
2013 20 24 13 331 0 0 5 0 393
2014 28 28 23 302 1 0 9 0 391
2015 44 31 21 294 2 2 4 0 398
2016 86 49 25 327 1 0 13 0 501
2017 53 45 18 325 1 0 10 0 452
2018 36 27 13 269 0 0 8 0 353
2019 38 25 17 254 2 0 8 0 344
2020 40 18 17 231 1 0 13 0 320
2021 46 19 21 216 2 0 12 0 316
2022 72 31 19 224 2 0 22 0 370
2023 100 42 33 223 0 0 26 0 424

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 Memorial Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 439 n/a n/a n/a
1990 436 21.0 20.7 n/a
1991 418 21.0 19.9 n/a
1992 393 21.6 18.1 77.1
1993 397 22.0 18.0 86.9
1994 424 23.6 18.0 76.7
1995 384 21.4 17.9 83.9
1996 384 21.4 17.9 83.9
1997 359 21.0 17.1 86.6
1998 352 20.0 17.6 81.5
1999 332 20.0 16.6 94.3
2000 305 19.0 16.1 88.2
2001 312 18.0 17.3 90.4
2002 285 20.0 14.3 90.2
2003 285 20.0 14.3 90.2
2004 264 18.0 14.7 88.6
2005 442 27.0 16.4 87.3
2006 399 24.0 16.6 90
2007 376 23.0 16.3 75
2008 354 21.0 16.9 78.8
2009 343 20.0 17.2 75.8
2010 336 20.0 16.8 72.6
2011 338 20.0 16.9 53.6
2012 408 24.0 17.0 53.7
2013 393 24.0 16.3 85.5
2014 391 22.0 17.7 79.3
2015 398 24.0 16.5 71.1
2016 501 27.0 18.5 66.5
2017 452 26.0 17.3 72.1
2018 353 24.0 14.7 73.7
2019 344 23.0 14.9 76.5
2020 320 20.0 16.0 60.3
2021 316 21.9 14.3 63.3
2022 370 22.4 16.4 54.9
2023 424 26.0 16.3 45

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 Memorial Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 439 n/a n/a n/a
1990 436 21.0 20.7 n/a
1991 418 21.0 19.9 n/a
1992 393 21.6 18.1 77.1
1993 397 22.0 18.0 86.9
1994 424 23.6 18.0 76.7
1995 384 21.4 17.9 83.9
1996 384 21.4 17.9 83.9
1997 359 21.0 17.1 86.6
1998 352 20.0 17.6 81.5
1999 332 20.0 16.6 94.3
2000 305 19.0 16.1 88.2
2001 312 18.0 17.3 90.4
2002 285 20.0 14.3 90.2
2003 285 20.0 14.3 90.2
2004 264 18.0 14.7 88.6
2005 442 27.0 16.4 87.3
2006 399 24.0 16.6 90
2007 376 23.0 16.3 75
2008 354 21.0 16.9 78.8
2009 343 20.0 17.2 75.8
2010 336 20.0 16.8 72.6
2011 338 20.0 16.9 53.6
2012 408 24.0 17.0 53.7
2013 393 24.0 16.3 85.5
2014 391 22.0 17.7 79.3
2015 398 24.0 16.5 71.1
2016 501 27.0 18.5 66.5
2017 452 26.0 17.3 72.1
2018 353 24.0 14.7 73.7
2019 344 23.0 14.9 76.5
2020 320 20.0 16.0 60.3
2021 316 21.9 14.3 63.3
2022 370 22.4 16.4 54.9
2023 424 26.0 16.3 45

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 Memorial Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,547 (14.4%) $9,220 (85.6%) $10,767
2020 $1,493 (13.2%) $9,809 (86.8%) $11,302
2021 $1,050 (9.3%) $10,190 (90.7%) $11,240

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Memorial 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 1154th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 1048th of 4647 Elementary schools
 3.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Memorial Elementary)5269
 17%
   3rd Grade Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3946
 7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Memorial Elementary)5363
 10%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4541
 4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Memorial Elementary)3350
 17%
   3rd Grade Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3926
 13%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (Memorial Elementary)6550
 15%
   4th Grade Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3840
 2%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Memorial Elementary)5873
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4443
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Memorial Elementary)5658
 2%
   5th Grade Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4449
 5%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Memorial Elementary)7164
 7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Houston Independent School District (Isd))5344
 9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Memorial Elementary)3817
 21%
   5th Grade Science (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4027
 13%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students344424
 23.3%
African American2542
 68%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian1733
 94.1%
Hispanic254223
 12.2%
Pacific Islander00
White38100
 163.2%
Two or More Races826
 225%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients76.5%45%
 31.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Memorial Elementary

Students at Memorial Elementary are 53% Hispanic, 24% White, 10% African American, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 424 students attended Memorial Elementary.

Students who attend Memorial Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hogg Middle
High : Lamar High School

Memorial Elementary ranks 841st of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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