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Milne Elementary

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Milne Elementary ranks 2582 nd of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

2582^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 44% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Milne Elementary is a PK-5 public school in Houston, TX, serving 498 students within the Houston Independent School District (Isd), and it has recently achieved a remarkable academic turnaround, jumping from the 1st percentile statewide in 2023-2024 to the 44th percentile in 2025-2026.

This dramatic improvement is the school's most defining feature. Just two years ago, Milne was one of the lowest-performing elementary schools in Texas, but a major systemic change—likely a new curriculum, leadership, or intervention program—has driven explosive growth. The school now outperforms the state average for several key student groups, including Gifted & Talented students (84th percentile), African American students (65th percentile), and students from low socio-economic backgrounds (57th percentile). This suggests Milne is effectively closing achievement gaps for its highly economically disadvantaged population, where over 95% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. However, the school shows a notable split in language instruction: English test scores often meet or exceed state averages, while Spanish-language scores lag significantly, indicating a challenge in its bilingual programs.

Compared to nearby schools, Milne's story is one of volatility versus consistency. Elrod Elementary, just over a mile away, serves a similarly impoverished population but is a consistent top performer (81st percentile), excelling especially in Spanish instruction. Milne's per-student spending ($9,933) is lower than peers like Foerster Elementary ($10,602) and Valley West Elementary ($10,431), yet its recent gains have outpaced many of these higher-spending schools. While Milne has made incredible progress, it still has a significant gap to close to match the consistent excellence of Elrod, particularly in its bilingual programs.

498

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,119

Per pupil spending ?

95.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7800 Portal Dr
Houston, TX 77071-1700

(713) 778-3420

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Milne Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Welch Middle
High:	Sharpstown High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

57.0%

African American:

39.6%

White:

1.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2016 → 44th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 37 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (40% vs 50% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school40%

District avg50%

Texas avg50%

2,582^nd of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 44%▲ up 38 pts since 2016

From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 44% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

91^st of 170Elementary Schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd)

438^th of 951Houston Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	42.1	2582 of 4627	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	21.6	3933 of 4651	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.0	4658 of 4710	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.0	4626 of 4647	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.1	4324 of 4581	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.8	4298 of 4578	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.2	4380 of 4479	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.5	4202 of 4359	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.3	4263 of 4329	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	13.0	4007 of 4286	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.9	4041 of 4320	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	27.4	3519 of 4260	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.1	3523 of 4221	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	27.6	3539 of 4206	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	41.5	2874 of 4095	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	48.4	2411 of 3937	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	41.6	2666 of 3884	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	40.6	2637 of 3768	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	42.8	2554 of 3724	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	22.0	3106 of 3476	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	10.3	3376 of 3475	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	7.4	3400 of 3465	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	56.8	844 of 2406	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	28.4	1957 of 2443	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	2204 of 2443	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.6	1811 of 2421	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.2	1663 of 2444	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.0	1919 of 2515	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.6	1924 of 2483	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	20.2	4054 of 4461	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	4012 of 4331	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	4000 of 4295	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.5	3968 of 4240	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	13.0	3545 of 3668	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.9	3544 of 3556	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	2688 of 3487	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.2	3196 of 3446	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	3239 of 3333	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	2770 of 3226	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	32.0	3328 of 4575	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	4508 of 4658	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.7	4570 of 4588	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	4445 of 4561	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.2	4317 of 4499	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	4092 of 4348	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.4	4072 of 4306	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	74.0	496 of 3075	83.9%	★★★★☆
2022	4.9	2917 of 2958	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.7	2957 of 3006	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.6	3117 of 3184	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	3031 of 3106	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	55.4	1738 of 4413	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	10.1	4358 of 4465	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.2	4390 of 4401	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.9	4032 of 4376	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.4	4166 of 4329	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.4	4153 of 4188	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.1	4110 of 4168	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	52.7	1941 of 4520	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	15.0	4345 of 4594	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.9	4492 of 4521	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	4192 of 4477	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	4007 of 4451	10.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.1	4139 of 4309	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.1	4047 of 4264	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	53.1	1916 of 4582	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	11.5	4452 of 4647	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.1	4543 of 4585	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	3996 of 4563	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.4	4097 of 4498	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.0	4323 of 4357	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.0	4200 of 4319	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	47.7	1887 of 4301	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.3	668 of 4292	84.4%	★★★★☆
2023	24.5	3517 of 4086	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	3622 of 3952	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	27.9	2980 of 3799	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.0	3488 of 3684	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	34.6	2420 of 3558	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Gifted and Talented (2026)84th percentile+40 vs school

African American (2026)65th percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2026)61st percentile+16 vs school

Male (2026)58th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)57th percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2026)56th percentile+12 vs school

Female (2026)27th percentile-17 vs school

At Risk (2022)9th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Reading46%-8 vs state

Mathematics44%-3 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Moved here from another state last year and enrolled son for that it is the nearest school. Teachers arguing with each other and parents. Very unorganized. Had an incident when a first kindergarden teacher called my son DUMB, and it made it emotional tramatized him and is apparent occasionally now when he thinks he does something wrong he says "what am I dumb or something?", and this suppose licensed educated adult addresses a 5 year old child like that and did this in front of other childern and it tramatized him. He is new and wanted to make friends. This was addressed to the principal and her and she apologized as she didn't mean it. Also personally witnessed her complain about her job and she is not paid enough, but wonder why she is there around childern if she did not want to be there cause she is actually there is detrimental to the childern or herself. "Is it worth the pay?" "Why are you there?" I feel people like her are fake and the staff and the school needs to be restaffed cause this is not good for the sake of their lively hood. Also found today an assistant called my son a shame. REALLY! Acutally these "ADULTS" needs to be. May God bless their souls. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)			STAAR EOC Algebra I (2026)	STAAR Reading (2026)						STAAR Mathematics (2026)					STAAR Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Milne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7800 Portal Dr	Houston	77071	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 778-3420	498	32	15.5	95.6%	9 (1.8%)	197 (39.6%)	284 (57.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	42.1	2582^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	44.2%		21.6	3933^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	15.4%	1351	0.0	22.2	10.0	46.2	29.4	0.0		50.0	32.8	56.9				37.1	35.6	56.7				$9,119
Valley West Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	10707 S Gessner Dr	Houston	77071	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 773-6151	505	38	13.3	90.9%	12 (2.4%)	156 (30.9%)	320 (63.4%)	9 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	40.1	2741^st of 4627 public elementary schools	40.8%		49.4	2179^th of 4651 public elementary schools	53.1%	562					0.0			47.0	42.1	57.0				40.0	42.1	36.7				$8,689
Halpin Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	10901 Sandpiper	Houston	77096	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 778-6720	302	19	15.8	99.7%	1 (0.3%)	59 (19.5%)	240 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)								(n/a)																				$11,443
Tinsley Elementary	Public	1-5	11035 Bob White	Houston	77096	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 778-8400	590	33	17.8	98.5%	6 (1.0%)	50 (8.5%)	530 (89.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30.2	3414^th of 4627 public elementary schools	26.2%		43.4	2534^th of 4651 public elementary schools	45.5%	880	27.3	66.7	66.7	31.6	55.7	50.0		22.8	34.3	46.3				53.9	50.0	58.3				$8,522
Elrod Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	6230 Dumfries Dr	Houston	77096	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 778-3330	742	42	17.6	98.0%	11 (1.5%)	128 (17.3%)	584 (78.7%)	16 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	76.8	877^th of 4627 public elementary schools	81.0%		67.8	1219^th of 4651 public elementary schools	73.8%	342	56.8	61.9	56.0	40.0	76.9	78.1		52.6	70.3	75.7				41.7	60.7	67.2				$8,903
Step Charter II	Public, Charter	K-8	8282 Bissonnet St	Houston	77074	Harris County	Step Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 988-7797	324	20	16.0	88.0%	5 (1.5%)	52 (16.0%)	265 (81.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36.6	2979^th of 4627 public elementary schools	35.6%		39	2839^th of 4651 public elementary schools	39.0%	140							32.3	47.2	40.0	48.7	41.5	57.1	48.4	55.6	25.0	25.6	46.3	45.2	29.0	$10,997
Southwest Public Schools Int'l Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	8440 Bissonnet St	Houston	77074	Harris County	Southwest Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 988-5839	526	7	77.0	97.3%	2 (0.4%)	26 (4.9%)	496 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25	3756^th of 4627 public elementary schools	18.8%		26.9	3612^th of 4651 public elementary schools	22.3%	144	7.1	50.0	36.4	0.0		0.0		27.1	37.7	45.8				26.0	42.1	37.5				$10,918
Step Charter III	Public, Charter	K-3	8320 W Airport Blvd	Houston	77071	Harris County	Step Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(713) 636-9918	76	7	10.3	77.6%	5 (6.6%)	38 (50.0%)	30 (39.5%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	52.9	1965^th of 4627 public elementary schools	57.5%					(n/a)								55.6	46.2					66.7	38.5					$00
Gross Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12583 S Gessner Dr	Houston	77071	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 778-8450	390	26	15.0	99.5%	8 (2.1%)	141 (36.2%)	225 (57.7%)	12 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	61.2	1563^rd of 4627 public elementary schools	66.2%		30.5	3397^th of 4651 public elementary schools	27.0%	1834	27.3	60.0	0.0	73.3		40.0		62.3	43.8	58.0				29.4	60.0	70.0				$10,193
McNamara Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8714 McAvoy Dr	Houston	77074	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 778-3460	916	53	17.2	98.1%	27 (2.9%)	77 (8.4%)	611 (66.7%)	194 (21.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	38.3	2870^th of 4627 public elementary schools	38.0%		37.9	2929^th of 4651 public elementary schools	37.0%	59	53.6			57.9				35.4	41.3	37.0				42.4	48.4	52.5				$8,573

Frequently Asked Questions about Milne Elementary

What schools do graduates of Milne Elementary attend?

Students who attend Milne Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Welch Middle
High : Sharpstown High School

Is Milne Elementary a good school?

Milne Elementary ranks 2582^nd of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Milne Elementary in?

Houston Independent School District (Isd)

How many students attend Milne Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 498 students attended Milne Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Milne Elementary?

Students at Milne Elementary are 57% Hispanic, 40% African American, 2% White, 2% Two or more races.

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