Williams Elementary

Summary:

Williams Elementary is a public elementary school located in Pasadena, Texas, serving grades PK-4 with a student population of 462. The school is part of the Pasadena Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 562 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite having a predominantly Hispanic student population (91.99%) and a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (93.51% receiving free or reduced-price lunch), Williams Elementary has consistently outperformed the Pasadena ISD and the state of Texas in STAAR Reading and Mathematics proficiency for 3rd and 4th grades. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 63.46% of 3rd-grade students at Williams Elementary were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 45.95% for Pasadena ISD and 48.85% for Texas. The school has also shown strong performance in supporting its English Language Learner (ELL) students, with 30% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in STAAR Spanish Reading, compared to 21.88% for Pasadena ISD and 17.02% for Texas.

While Williams Elementary has historically been ranked in the lower half of Texas elementary schools, it has shown a consistent improvement in its statewide ranking over the years, from 3718 out of 4286 schools in 2015-2016 to 1793 out of 4675 schools in 2023-2024. When compared to other nearby elementary schools in the Pasadena ISD, Williams Elementary generally performs better in STAAR Reading and Mathematics proficiency, particularly for 3rd and 4th grades, suggesting that the school is effectively addressing the needs of its student population.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 1522 Scarborough Ln
       Pasadena, TX  77502-1638


(713) 740-0776

District: Pasadena Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1793rd of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,970 Help


Students who attend Williams Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Nelda Sullivan Middle
    Queens Intermediate
High:    Pasadena High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.8 Help
Number of students:  439

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
93.6%
African American:
2.7%
White:
2.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  90.4% Help


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Compare Details Williams Elementary ranks better than 61.6% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 12th among 36 ranked elementary schools in the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.14. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (93.6%), African American (2.7%), White (2.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 90.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Williams Elementary is 11.8, which is the 10th best among 36 elementary schools in the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Williams Elementary is $11,970, which is the 18th highest among 36 elementary schools in the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Williams Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Williams Elementary 1793rd of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Williams Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Pasadena Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Pasadena Independent School District (Isd) 562nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Williams Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 59.26 1522nd 3465 56.1%
2005 72.25 862nd 3475 75.2%
2006 45.20 2275th 3476 34.6%
2007 55.37 1938th 3724 48.0%
2008 46.01 2370th 3768 37.1%
2009 35.32 2968th 3884 23.6%
2010 35.79 3025th 3937 23.2%
2011 47.76 2544th 4095 37.9%
2012 51.24 2195th 4206 47.8%
2013 47.83 2407th 4221 43.0%
2014 49.25 2375th 4260 44.2%
2015 23.67 3625th 4320 16.1%
2016 20.26 3718th 4286 13.3%
2017 24.17 3531st 4329 18.4%
2018 24.94 3525th 4359 19.1%
2019 33.81 3102nd 4479 30.7%
2021 34.04 2892nd 4578 36.8%
2022 29.91 3376th 4581 26.3%
2023 40.21 2779th 4647 40.2%
2024 56.14 1793rd 4675 61.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.52 2995th 3226 7.2%
2019 26.93 2826th 3333 15.2%
2021 44.34 1794th 3446 47.9%
2022 49.64 1671st 3487 52.1%
2023 63.67 980th 3556 72.4%
2024 66.13 900th 3638 75.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.88 2394th 3558 32.7%
2019 22.12 3339th 3684 9.4%
2021 28.13 2964th 3799 22.0%
2022 27.26 3222nd 3952 18.5%
2023 26.54 3373rd 4086 17.4%
2024 49.23 1943rd 4261 54.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.16 3094th 4264 27.4%
2019 44.45 2464th 4309 42.8%
2021 49.33 2078th 4451 53.3%
2022 39.15 2891st 4477 35.4%
2023 52.90 1987th 4521 56.0%
2024 68.71 987th 4560 78.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.03 3065th 4306 28.8%
2019 32.49 3172nd 4348 27.0%
2021 26.16 3437th 4499 23.6%
2022 36.25 3019th 4561 33.8%
2023 50.81 2093rd 4588 54.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.28 1824th 3106 41.3%
2019 73.71 547th 3184 82.8%
2021 30.67 2319th 3006 22.9%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.59 3323rd 4240 21.6%
2019 40.97 2591st 4295 39.7%
2021 50.35 1808th 4331 58.3%
2022 40.00 2813th 4461 36.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.35 3755th 4319 13.1%
2019 37.63 2816th 4357 35.4%
2021 42.68 2402nd 4498 46.6%
2022 28.88 3464th 4563 24.1%
2023 32.34 3232nd 4585 29.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Williams Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.89 3372nd 4168 19.1%
2019 39.75 2645th 4188 36.8%
2021 39.83 2588th 4329 40.2%
2022 34.76 3105th 4376 29.0%
2023 46.51 2296th 4401 47.8%
2024 64.44 1215th 4431 72.6%
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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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Enrollment information for Williams Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 310 5 4 223 n/a n/a n/a 0 542
1989 286 2 1 230 0 n/a n/a 0 519
1990 309 6 2 262 0 n/a n/a 0 579
1991 290 6 1 273 0 n/a n/a 0 570
1992 306 7 1 302 1 n/a n/a 0 617
1993 265 10 6 276 1 n/a n/a 0 558
1994 251 11 7 331 3 n/a n/a 0 603
1995 229 9 6 396 6 n/a n/a 0 646
1996 229 9 6 396 6 n/a n/a 0 646
1997 196 10 4 434 7 n/a n/a 0 651
1998 166 10 4 457 4 n/a n/a 0 641
1999 160 19 6 520 4 n/a n/a 0 709
2000 133 14 6 582 5 n/a n/a 0 740
2001 107 8 6 607 1 n/a n/a 0 729
2002 73 9 3 645 0 n/a n/a 0 730
2003 73 9 3 645 0 n/a n/a 0 730
2004 57 8 4 684 0 n/a n/a 0 753
2005 50 7 4 720 0 n/a n/a 0 781
2006 32 7 2 769 0 n/a n/a 0 810
2007 34 7 1 793 1 n/a n/a 0 836
2008 30 12 0 838 0 n/a n/a 0 880
2009 41 11 1 853 0 n/a n/a 0 906
2010 45 10 1 841 1 n/a n/a 0 898
2011 41 4 1 834 0 0 4 0 884
2012 40 7 1 814 2 0 2 0 866
2013 42 3 1 786 2 0 2 0 836
2014 46 2 0 763 1 0 3 0 815
2015 33 13 0 770 1 0 2 0 819
2016 26 19 1 780 1 0 1 0 828
2017 13 12 1 626 0 0 5 0 657
2018 13 8 2 570 0 0 6 0 599
2019 12 8 1 534 0 0 1 0 556
2020 16 2 1 468 0 0 1 0 488
2021 14 7 1 459 0 0 1 0 482
2022 10 15 1 441 0 0 3 0 470
2023 15 17 0 425 1 0 4 0 462
2024 11 12 0 411 1 0 4 0 439

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 Williams Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 542 28.0 19.3 n/a
1989 519 n/a n/a n/a
1990 579 30.0 19.3 n/a
1991 570 29.9 19.0 n/a
1992 617 33.0 18.6 32.3
1993 558 35.0 15.9 47.5
1994 603 34.5 17.5 48.1
1995 646 36.5 17.7 53.4
1996 646 36.5 17.7 53.4
1997 651 36.0 18.1 53
1998 641 34.7 18.5 55.1
1999 709 38.7 18.3 70.5
2000 740 36.0 20.6 75.9
2001 729 42.6 17.1 75.2
2002 730 43.1 16.9 80.5
2003 730 43.1 16.9 80.5
2004 753 43.8 17.2 82.1
2005 781 46.6 16.8 82.8
2006 810 47.5 17.1 83.5
2007 836 51.2 16.3 86.2
2008 880 51.9 17.0 86.6
2009 906 54.8 16.5 86.2
2010 898 52.8 16.9 90.8
2011 884 55.1 16.0 n/a
2012 866 48.6 17.8 89.5
2013 836 52.8 15.8 89
2014 815 51.0 15.9 86.4
2015 819 50.0 16.3 83.9
2016 828 50.0 16.5 85.6
2017 657 45.2 14.5 88.1
2018 599 41.5 14.4 84.8
2019 556 39.1 14.2 91.9
2020 488 36.9 13.2 90.8
2021 482 36.5 13.1 92.5
2022 470 38.8 12.1 95.3
2023 462 39.0 11.8 93.5
2024 439 37.0 11.8 90.4

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 Williams Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 542 28.0 19.3 n/a
1989 519 n/a n/a n/a
1990 579 30.0 19.3 n/a
1991 570 29.9 19.0 n/a
1992 617 33.0 18.6 32.3
1993 558 35.0 15.9 47.5
1994 603 34.5 17.5 48.1
1995 646 36.5 17.7 53.4
1996 646 36.5 17.7 53.4
1997 651 36.0 18.1 53
1998 641 34.7 18.5 55.1
1999 709 38.7 18.3 70.5
2000 740 36.0 20.6 75.9
2001 729 42.6 17.1 75.2
2002 730 43.1 16.9 80.5
2003 730 43.1 16.9 80.5
2004 753 43.8 17.2 82.1
2005 781 46.6 16.8 82.8
2006 810 47.5 17.1 83.5
2007 836 51.2 16.3 86.2
2008 880 51.9 17.0 86.6
2009 906 54.8 16.5 86.2
2010 898 52.8 16.9 90.8
2011 884 55.1 16.0 n/a
2012 866 48.6 17.8 89.5
2013 836 52.8 15.8 89
2014 815 51.0 15.9 86.4
2015 819 50.0 16.3 83.9
2016 828 50.0 16.5 85.6
2017 657 45.2 14.5 88.1
2018 599 41.5 14.4 84.8
2019 556 39.1 14.2 91.9
2020 488 36.9 13.2 90.8
2021 482 36.5 13.1 92.5
2022 470 38.8 12.1 95.3
2023 462 39.0 11.8 93.5
2024 439 37.0 11.8 90.4

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 Williams Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,988 (18.6%) $8,689 (81.4%) $10,677
2020 $2,576 (22.6%) $8,814 (77.4%) $11,391
2021 $2,007 (16.8%) $9,963 (83.2%) $11,970

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Williams Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3102nd of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2779th of 4647 Elementary schools
 9.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Williams Elementary)3926
 13%
   3rd Grade Reading (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))3946
 7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Williams Elementary)4322
 21%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))3836
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Williams Elementary)3334
 1%
   3rd Grade Reading (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))4534
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Williams Elementary)3322
 11%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))4233
 9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)3123
 8%
4th Grade Reading (Williams Elementary)3549
 14%
   4th Grade Reading (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))3938
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Williams Elementary)3348
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))3841
 3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Williams Elementary)020
 20%
   4th Grade Reading (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))3340
 7%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
4th Grade Mathematics (Williams Elementary)020
 20%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Pasadena Independent School District (Isd))4035
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)2622
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students556462
 16.9%
African American817
 112.5%
American Indian01
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic534425
 20.4%
Pacific Islander00
White1215
 25%
Two or More Races14
 300%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.9%93.5%
 1.6%


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Students at Williams Elementary are 94% Hispanic, 3% African American, 3% White.

Students who attend Williams Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Nelda Sullivan Middle
Middle : Queens Intermediate
High : Pasadena High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 439 students attended Williams Elementary.

Williams Elementary ranks 1793rd of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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