Summary:
Draw Academy is a single elementary school in Houston, TX, serving grades PK through 8 with 696 students, and it operates as its own district, Draw Academy. The school faces significant academic challenges, with a 100% economically disadvantaged student population and a high student-to-teacher ratio of 29.3:1, which likely impacts individualized instruction.
Academically, Draw Academy shows a clear disparity between subjects. Reading scores are relatively stronger, with 5th-grade Reading reaching 54.24% proficiency in 2025-2026, just 4.23 percentage points below the state average. However, Mathematics and Social Studies are critical weaknesses. In 4th-grade Math, only 20.97% of students were proficient, less than half the state average of 49.28%, while 8th-grade Social Studies had just 7.69% proficiency compared to the state's 31.69%. The one bright spot is 8th-grade Math, where 49.12% of students were proficient, slightly above the state average of 47.24%, suggesting a potential effective teacher or targeted program worth replicating.
The school's state ranking improved from the 5th percentile in 2024-2025 to the 16th percentile in 2025-2026, earning a 1-star rating out of 4,627 schools. While this shows progress, raw test scores remain mixed—some grades improved, like 5th-grade Reading jumping from 36.21% to 54.24%, while others declined, such as 4th-grade Reading dropping from 41.07% to 35.48%. The school's performance must be viewed in the context of serving all economically disadvantaged students, which research links to lower test scores, and the high student-teacher ratio compounds the need for more resources and support.
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