Elementary Schools in Alief Independent School District (Isd)

The Alief Independent School District (Isd) oversees 25 elementary schools serving grades PK-5, located in a high-needs area of Texas where roughly 90% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the district as a whole ranks in the 26th percentile statewide.

Two schools stand out as top performers: Rees Elementary and Petrosky Elementary. Rees ranks in the 61st percentile and excels in 4th grade, with 62.64% proficient in Math and 61.76% in Reading, while its Spanish Reading scores are exceptional at 91.3% proficiency. Petrosky is the district's highest-ranked school at the 68th percentile, showing strong improvement from the 44th percentile the prior year. The most improved schools are Kennedy Elementary, which jumped 25 percentile points to the 52nd percentile, and Collins Elementary, which rose from the 10th to the 39th percentile. In contrast, Boone Elementary and Sneed Elementary are consistent underperformers, ranking in the 4th and 6th percentiles respectively, with critically low Math scores below 25% proficiency.

Key metrics reveal that Math is a major weakness district-wide, with only 28.05% of 3rd graders proficient compared to the state's 44.33%. Science is also a universal challenge, with a district average of just 15.99% proficiency in 5th grade. An interesting finding is the "Spanish test advantage," where schools like Rees and Horn Elementary perform significantly better on Spanish STAAR Reading tests than English versions. Additionally, many schools show inconsistent grade-level performance, such as Mahanay Elementary, where 3rd-grade Reading proficiency drops sharply in 4th grade, while a "5th grade bounce" is seen at Collins, Chancellor Elementary, and Youens Elementary, where 5th-grade scores often meet state averages. Notably, higher spending per student does not guarantee better performance, as Landis Elementary has the second-highest spending but remains a low performer.