Spring Shadows Elementary

Summary:

Spring Shadows Elementary is a public elementary school in Houston, Texas, serving around 600 students in grades K-5 and part of the Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD).

Despite having a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending than the district and state averages, Spring Shadows Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools and significantly underperforms on state assessments. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 27.63% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 59.03% for the SBISD district and 48.85% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 17.95% of 3rd graders, 20% of 4th graders, and 16.44% of 5th graders achieving proficiency or better. This academic struggle is likely exacerbated by the school's high percentage of students from low-income families, with over 90% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Comparing Spring Shadows Elementary to nearby schools in the SBISD, such as Hollibrook Elementary, Westwood Elementary, and Spring Branch Elementary, highlights the disparities in educational opportunities and resources within the district. These nearby schools generally perform better academically, with higher STAAR proficiency rates and better overall rankings, as well as lower percentages of students from low-income families and more diverse student populations. However, some other nearby schools, such as Edgewood Elementary, also struggle academically and have similar demographic and socioeconomic profiles to Spring Shadows Elementary.


Detail:

Public K-5

 9725 Kempwood Dr
       Houston, TX  77080-3999


(713) 251-7100

District: Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
4346th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,862 Help


Students who attend Spring Shadows Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Spring Woods Middle
High:    Northbrook High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  600

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.2%
African American:
21.0%
White:
4.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.3% Help


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Compare Details Spring Shadows Elementary ranks worse than 93% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 25 ranked elementary schools in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.69. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (72.2%), African American (21%), White (4.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Spring Shadows Elementary is 14, which is the 10th best among 25 elementary schools in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Spring Shadows Elementary is $11,862, which is the 12th highest among 25 elementary schools in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Spring Shadows Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Spring Shadows Elementary 4346th of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Spring Shadows Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd) 318th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Spring Shadows Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 50.48 1999th 3465 42.3%
2005 40.71 2447th 3475 29.6%
2006 13.72 3309th 3476 4.8%
2007 53.60 2035th 3724 45.4%
2008 13.90 3573rd 3768 5.2%
2009 25.48 3374th 3884 13.1%
2010 9.52 3831st 3937 2.7%
2011 9.11 3995th 4095 2.4%
2012 22.90 3737th 4206 11.2%
2013 19.74 3811th 4221 9.7%
2014 20.96 3778th 4260 11.3%
2015 26.45 3501st 4320 19.0%
2016 20.01 3729th 4286 13.0%
2017 12.67 4109th 4329 5.1%
2018 8.22 4284th 4359 1.7%
2019 9.36 4377th 4479 2.3%
2021 24.10 3569th 4578 22.0%
2022 26.17 3596th 4581 21.5%
2023 24.43 3737th 4647 19.6%
2024 13.69 4346th 4675 7.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 51.39 513th 1004 48.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.31 2862nd 3226 11.3%
2019 19.86 3086th 3333 7.4%
2021 38.20 2181st 3446 36.7%
2022 37.74 2336th 3487 33.0%
2023 33.76 2594th 3556 27.1%
2024 19.68 3282nd 3638 9.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.76 2933rd 3558 17.6%
2019 28.96 2913th 3684 20.9%
2021 37.30 2234th 3799 41.2%
2022 33.00 2804th 3952 29.0%
2023 26.77 3356th 4086 17.9%
2024 30.91 3201st 4261 24.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.75 4166th 4264 2.3%
2019 15.29 4132nd 4309 4.1%
2021 31.56 3273rd 4451 26.5%
2022 38.07 2951st 4477 34.1%
2023 37.54 3049th 4521 32.6%
2024 23.10 3958th 4560 13.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.76 4243rd 4306 1.5%
2019 8.32 4298th 4348 1.1%
2021 21.61 3777th 4499 16.0%
2022 27.68 3581st 4561 21.5%
2023 24.35 3777th 4588 17.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.01 3843rd 4240 9.4%
2019 24.15 3758th 4295 12.5%
2021 40.24 2545th 4331 41.2%
2022 45.05 2441st 4461 45.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.70 4226th 4319 2.2%
2019 14.38 4116th 4357 5.5%
2021 28.81 3268th 4498 27.3%
2022 26.47 3607th 4563 21.0%
2023 29.83 3417th 4585 25.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.77 2442nd 2483 1.7%
2019 14.16 2440th 2515 3.0%
2021 15.93 2348th 2444 3.9%
2022 39.64 1482nd 2421 38.8%
2023 34.48 1674th 2443 31.5%
2024 42.39 1388th 2421 42.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.51 4071st 4168 2.3%
2019 12.19 4094th 4188 2.2%
2021 30.15 3226th 4329 25.5%
2022 30.27 3397th 4376 22.4%
2023 34.37 3138th 4401 28.7%
2024 20.12 3951st 4431 10.8%
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Rank History for White students at Spring Shadows Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.76 2308th 3142 26.5%
2021 10.11 2962nd 3082 3.9%
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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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Enrollment information for Spring Shadows Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 367 177 70 227 n/a n/a n/a 0 841
1989 413 200 63 292 0 n/a n/a 0 968
1990 360 247 62 319 2 n/a n/a 0 990
1991 369 206 60 326 2 n/a n/a 0 963
1992 345 238 63 403 1 n/a n/a 0 1050
1993 308 239 83 516 0 n/a n/a 0 1146
1994 195 245 73 323 0 n/a n/a 0 836
1995 146 160 58 435 1 n/a n/a 0 800
1996 146 160 58 435 1 n/a n/a 0 800
1997 116 55 64 316 2 n/a n/a 0 553
1998 132 78 50 383 1 n/a n/a 0 644
1999 143 87 45 405 0 n/a n/a 0 680
2000 108 106 56 461 0 n/a n/a 0 731
2001 104 151 44 477 0 n/a n/a 0 776
2002 85 145 33 432 1 n/a n/a 0 696
2003 85 145 33 432 1 n/a n/a 0 696
2004 83 170 24 459 0 n/a n/a 0 736
2005 63 154 19 460 0 n/a n/a 0 696
2006 71 165 12 450 0 n/a n/a 0 698
2007 51 130 9 485 0 n/a n/a 0 675
2008 57 125 10 535 3 n/a n/a 0 730
2009 45 89 9 537 1 n/a n/a 0 681
2010 32 97 9 563 0 n/a n/a 0 701
2011 35 91 4 531 3 0 3 0 667
2012 34 75 5 565 5 0 1 0 685
2013 44 73 10 600 12 1 3 0 743
2014 60 63 12 608 61 1 9 0 814
2015 41 41 13 602 35 2 14 0 748
2016 41 58 6 593 25 2 11 0 736
2017 28 79 6 600 4 1 15 0 733
2018 22 85 6 564 2 1 15 0 695
2019 32 51 5 509 3 1 13 0 614
2020 28 61 5 562 2 2 9 0 669
2021 27 62 3 471 1 1 11 0 576
2022 24 88 2 495 0 0 9 0 618
2023 25 126 4 433 0 0 12 0 600

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 Spring Shadows Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 841 46.0 18.2 n/a
1989 968 n/a n/a n/a
1990 990 61.0 16.2 n/a
1991 963 61.0 15.7 n/a
1992 1050 60.4 17.3 57.2
1993 1146 66.0 17.4 70.1
1994 836 50.7 16.5 62.2
1995 800 54.2 14.8 72.5
1996 800 54.2 14.8 72.5
1997 553 46.7 11.8 65.5
1998 644 44.3 14.5 75
1999 680 47.1 14.4 70.3
2000 731 51.5 14.2 71
2001 776 51.5 15.1 77.3
2002 696 48.9 14.2 78.7
2003 696 48.9 14.2 78.7
2004 736 45.1 16.3 83.6
2005 696 47.7 14.6 82
2006 698 49.7 14.0 79.4
2007 675 54.5 12.4 80.3
2008 730 56.4 12.9 80.8
2009 681 52.8 12.9 77.2
2010 701 50.4 13.8 86
2011 667 47.4 14.0 82.2
2012 685 44.5 15.3 90.5
2013 743 44.0 16.8 91.1
2014 814 44.7 18.2 91.4
2015 748 50.0 14.9 70.6
2016 736 53.0 13.8 82.3
2017 733 46.2 15.8 85.7
2018 695 43.0 16.1 87.9
2019 614 44.9 13.6 90.9
2020 669 46.4 14.4 94.6
2021 576 36.6 15.7 94.3
2022 618 42.8 14.4 94.2
2023 600 42.7 14.0 91.3

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 Spring Shadows Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 841 46.0 18.2 n/a
1989 968 n/a n/a n/a
1990 990 61.0 16.2 n/a
1991 963 61.0 15.7 n/a
1992 1050 60.4 17.3 57.2
1993 1146 66.0 17.4 70.1
1994 836 50.7 16.5 62.2
1995 800 54.2 14.8 72.5
1996 800 54.2 14.8 72.5
1997 553 46.7 11.8 65.5
1998 644 44.3 14.5 75
1999 680 47.1 14.4 70.3
2000 731 51.5 14.2 71
2001 776 51.5 15.1 77.3
2002 696 48.9 14.2 78.7
2003 696 48.9 14.2 78.7
2004 736 45.1 16.3 83.6
2005 696 47.7 14.6 82
2006 698 49.7 14.0 79.4
2007 675 54.5 12.4 80.3
2008 730 56.4 12.9 80.8
2009 681 52.8 12.9 77.2
2010 701 50.4 13.8 86
2011 667 47.4 14.0 82.2
2012 685 44.5 15.3 90.5
2013 743 44.0 16.8 91.1
2014 814 44.7 18.2 91.4
2015 748 50.0 14.9 70.6
2016 736 53.0 13.8 82.3
2017 733 46.2 15.8 85.7
2018 695 43.0 16.1 87.9
2019 614 44.9 13.6 90.9
2020 669 46.4 14.4 94.6
2021 576 36.6 15.7 94.3
2022 618 42.8 14.4 94.2
2023 600 42.7 14.0 91.3

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 Spring Shadows Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,709 (16.8%) $8,469 (83.2%) $10,178
2020 $1,539 (15.6%) $8,334 (84.4%) $9,873
2021 $1,796 (15.1%) $10,066 (84.9%) $11,862

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Spring Shadows Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 4377th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3737th of 4647 Elementary schools
 17.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Spring Shadows Elementary)1639
 23%
   3rd Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4761
 14%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Spring Shadows Elementary)2428
 4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4752
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Spring Shadows Elementary)4119
 22%
   3rd Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))2518
 7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Spring Shadows Elementary)88
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))2417
 7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)3123
 8%
4th Grade Reading (Spring Shadows Elementary)2034
 14%
   4th Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4656
 10%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Spring Shadows Elementary)1932
 13%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4858
 10%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Spring Shadows Elementary)3650
 14%
   4th Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))2030
 10%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
5th Grade Reading (Spring Shadows Elementary)2942
 13%
   5th Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))5265
 13%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Spring Shadows Elementary)3328
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))5561
 6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Spring Shadows Elementary)1619
 3%
   5th Grade Science (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))4541
 4%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (Spring Shadows Elementary)2938
 9%
   5th Grade Reading (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))2925
 4%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%
5th Grade Mathematics (Spring Shadows Elementary)038
 38%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd))2418
 6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)2823
 5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students614600
 2.3%
African American51126
 147.1%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian54
 20%
Hispanic509433
 14.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White3225
 21.9%
Two or More Races1312
 7.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients90.9%91.3%
 0.5%


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Students at Spring Shadows Elementary are 72% Hispanic, 21% African American, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Spring Shadows Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Spring Woods Middle
High : Northbrook High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 600 students attended Spring Shadows Elementary.

Spring Shadows Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.0% of Texas elementary schools.


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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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