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Shearn Elementary

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Shearn Elementary ranks 2269 th of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

2269^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 51% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Shearn Elementary is a PK-5 public school in Houston, TX, serving 470 students within the Houston Independent School District (Isd), and is located in a diverse educational corridor surrounded by several high-performing schools. After years of ranking in the bottom 5-6% of Texas elementary schools, Shearn has experienced a dramatic turnaround in the 2025-2026 school year, jumping to the 51st percentile statewide—a remarkable single-year improvement from the 14th percentile the year prior. This surge is heavily driven by exceptional performance in mathematics, where 3rd and 4th graders now score significantly above both district and state averages, with 3rd-grade math proficiency even surpassing nearby high-performing schools like Lovett Elementary and Rice School /La Escuela Rice.

The school serves a student population with very high economic need, with over 95% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, yet it is achieving strong results for its most vulnerable subgroups. In the 2025-2026 school year, low socio-economic status students ranked in the 69th percentile, a massive jump from the 4th percentile the year prior, while gifted and talented students earned a 4-star rating in the 86th percentile. This is a stark contrast to neighboring schools like Kolter Elementary, Condit Elementary, Horn Elementary, and Twain Elementary, which have been consistently high-performing (91st-97th percentile) with much lower rates of economic disadvantage (15-40% free/reduced lunch). Shearn’s per-student spending ($9,035) is in the middle of the pack compared to its neighbors, suggesting the turnaround is due to effective resource use rather than increased funding.

Despite the overall improvement, a clear weakness persists in 5th grade, where math and reading proficiency fell well below district and state averages in 2025-2026, indicating a potential transition issue or instructional gap that needs attention. Additionally, the school’s English Language Learner (ELL) population, which ranked in the 6th percentile in 2023-2024, remains a vulnerability, as Spanish-language test scores saw sharp declines in prior years. Shearn stands as a potential model for how a high-poverty school can dramatically improve, but sustaining this momentum and closing the 5th-grade gap will be critical for its long-term success.

470

Students ?

16.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,885

Per pupil spending ?

95.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9802 Stella Link Rd
Houston, TX 77025-4605

(713) 295-5236

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Shearn Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Pershing Middle
High:	Madison High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.5%

African American:

27.9%

White:

1.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2016 → 51st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 30 percentile points since 2016

✓Above the Texas median (51st percentile)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school48%

District avg51%

Texas avg51%

2,269^th of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Top 49%▲ up 30 pts since 2016

From bottom 21% (2016) to top 49% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

78^th 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	47.0	2269 of 4627	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	20.7	3989 of 4651	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.8	4474 of 4710	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	4406 of 4647	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.7	4304 of 4581	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.9	4352 of 4578	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	3911 of 4479	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.2	3800 of 4359	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	27.1	3332 of 4329	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	27.7	3392 of 4286	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.6	3457 of 4320	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	45.0	2645 of 4260	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	40.5	2850 of 4221	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	47.6	2424 of 4206	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	51.2	2331 of 4095	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	38.8	2886 of 3937	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	23.4	3459 of 3884	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	50.9	2156 of 3768	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	14.2	3534 of 3724	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	3.0	3460 of 3476	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	6.2	3424 of 3475	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	6.2	3419 of 3465	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	53.9	943 of 2406	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	11.2	2401 of 2443	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	2330 of 2443	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	2291 of 2421	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.2	2427 of 2444	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.3	1949 of 2515	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.3	1979 of 2483	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	56.2	469 of 957	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	10.3	951 of 1009	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.0	987 of 1005	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	31.3	3438 of 4461	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	3806 of 4331	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.3	2722 of 4295	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.3	3220 of 4240	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	15.7	3451 of 3668	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	3091 of 3556	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.2	2894 of 3487	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.3	3094 of 3446	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.9	1951 of 3333	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.0	2599 of 3226	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	44.9	2423 of 4575	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	15.9	4289 of 4658	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	4191 of 4588	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.4	4353 of 4561	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.6	4183 of 4499	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	3871 of 4348	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.0	4047 of 4306	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	74.3	431 of 3075	86.0%	★★★★☆
2021	2.5	2981 of 3006	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	3012 of 3184	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	2935 of 3106	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	56.1	1697 of 4413	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	13.0	4284 of 4465	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	4132 of 4401	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	4195 of 4376	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.1	3942 of 4329	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.5	3373 of 4188	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.3	3413 of 4168	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	60.5	1412 of 4520	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	13.3	4414 of 4594	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.3	4239 of 4521	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	4151 of 4477	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	4264 of 4451	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.0	3700 of 4309	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	3448 of 4264	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	48.1	2234 of 4582	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	6.6	4595 of 4647	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	4342 of 4585	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	4150 of 4563	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.7	4250 of 4498	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	3668 of 4357	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.1	3423 of 4319	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	37.9	2659 of 4301	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	13.2	4166 of 4292	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.5	3545 of 3799	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	3660 of 3684	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.6	3465 of 3558	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)86th percentile+35 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)69th percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2026)62nd percentile+11 vs school

African American (2026)61st percentile+10 vs school

Male (2026)51st percentile~ school

Asian (2022)51st percentile+45 vs school

Female (2026)47th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2026)38th percentile-13 vs school

At Risk (2022)23rd percentile+17 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)6th percentile~ school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics51%+4 vs state

Reading45%-10 vs state

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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 Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Shearn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9802 Stella Link Rd	Houston	77025	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 295-5236	470	28	16.7	95.3%	7 (1.5%)	131 (27.9%)	322 (68.5%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	47	2269^th of 4627 public elementary schools	51.0%		20.7	3989^th of 4651 public elementary schools	14.2%	1720								40.3	50.0	43.9				58.3	60.9	32.8					$8,885
Longfellow Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3617 Norris	Houston	77025	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 295-5268	576	41	14.2	85.6%	31 (5.4%)	370 (64.2%)	134 (23.3%)	15 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.3%)	61.3	1561^st of 4627 public elementary schools	66.3%		54.8	1853^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	60.2%	292								53.1	77.5	63.6				37.8	58.4	36.8					$9,237
Red Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4520 Tonawanda Dr	Houston	77035	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 726-3638	530	35	15.1	67.4%	63 (11.9%)	104 (19.6%)	323 (60.9%)	24 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	46.5	2297^th of 4627 public elementary schools	50.4%		52.2	2010^th of 4651 public elementary schools	56.8%	287								47.4	56.5	62.1				32.9	32.4	51.5					$9,356
Horn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4530 Holly St	Bellaire	77401	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(713) 295-5264	750	41	18.3	15.5%	233 (31.1%)	65 (8.7%)	131 (17.5%)	249 (33.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (9.3%)	92.7	266^th of 4627 public elementary schools	94.3%		94.9	187^th of 4651 public elementary schools	96.0%	79								66.7	80.4	82.4				70.4	74.5	78.0					$7,333
Twain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7500 Braes Blvd	Houston	77025	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(713) 295-5230	924	50	18.5	19.3%	313 (33.9%)	154 (16.7%)	241 (26.1%)	138 (14.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (8.1%)	90.8	328^th of 4627 public elementary schools	92.9%		94	223^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	95.2%	105								79.0	77.5	86.3				64.8	62.3	69.9					$8,028
Lovett Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	8814 S Rice Ave	Houston	77096	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(713) 295-5258	700	42	16.6	40.4%	188 (26.9%)	158 (22.6%)	250 (35.7%)	51 (7.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.3%)	82.2	687^th of 4627 public elementary schools	85.2%		85.1	571^st of 4651 public elementary schools	87.7%	116								64.1	70.9	81.8				47.8	61.2	70.7					$8,951
Harmony School Of Fine Arts And Technology-Houston	Public, Charter	K-8	9115 Kirby Dr	Houston	77054	Harris County	Harmony Public Schools - Houston South	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 433-7001	742	47	15.6	75.1%	28 (3.8%)	327 (44.1%)	353 (47.6%)	25 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	45.9	2340^th of 4627 public elementary schools	49.4%		50	2140^th of 4651 public elementary schools	54.0%	200							92.3	36.6	50.0	61.4	55.4	66.3	69.7	36.6	31.0	58.0	36.1	30.0	71.2	26.0	$12,001
Rice School /La Escuela Rice	Public, Magnet	K-8	7550 Seuss Dr	Houston	77025	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 349-1800	1,043	63	16.6	61.8%	25 (2.4%)	526 (50.4%)	436 (41.8%)	42 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.2%)	63.9	1409^th of 4627 public elementary schools	69.5%		64.2	1375^th of 4651 public elementary schools	70.4%	34	41.7			58.3			61.4	58.1	64.2	59.0	67.6	76.4	62.3	45.4	51.9	53.4	36.7	48.0	16.4	24.6	$9,300
Varnett Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	5025 S Willow Dr	Houston	77035	Harris County	The Varnett Public School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 723-4699	530	28	19.0	95.8%	1 (0.2%)	154 (29.1%)	371 (70.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	14.4	4328^th of 4627 public elementary schools	6.5%		22.9	3858^th of 4651 public elementary schools	17.1%	470								23.2	18.4	32.7	47.1	40.5	51.3	21.4	4.1	16.3	33.3	42.9	50.0	15.4	$12,874
Condit Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7000 S Third	Bellaire	77401	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 295-5255	730	45	16.3	36.2%	260 (35.6%)	54 (7.4%)	248 (34.0%)	122 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (6.0%)	91.6	310^th of 4627 public elementary schools	93.3%		93.7	241^st of 4651 public elementary schools	94.8%	69	63.6	58.3	83.3	61.5	37.5	22.2		75.3	82.4	82.1				62.6	67.7	71.8					$8,227

Frequently Asked Questions about Shearn Elementary

What district is Shearn Elementary in?

Houston Independent School District (Isd)

How many students attend Shearn Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 470 students attended Shearn Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Shearn Elementary attend?

Students who attend Shearn Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Pershing Middle
High : Madison High School

What is the racial makeup of Shearn Elementary?

Students at Shearn Elementary are 69% Hispanic, 28% African American, 1% White, 1% Asian.

Is Shearn Elementary a good school?

Shearn Elementary ranks 2269^th of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026

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2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025

2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025

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