Summary:
The 77505 zip code in Pasadena, Texas, is home to five schools serving Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade, split between the Deer Park Independent School District (Isd), the Pasadena Independent School District (Isd), and the Texas College Preparatory Academies charter network, with no high schools in the area.
The standout performer is Fairmont J H (Deer Park ISD), which consistently ranks in the top 10-12% of Texas middle schools and achieves exceptional math scores—100% of its Algebra I students and 84% of 8th graders were proficient, nearly double the state average. Its feeder, Fairmont Elementary, is a strong 4-star school with standout reading scores and a perfect 100% proficiency rate for a small cohort of 6th graders in math. In contrast, Bondy Intermediate and Turner Elementary (both Pasadena ISD) perform near or below state averages, with Turner Elementary experiencing a dramatic ranking drop from the 73rd to the 42nd percentile. The lowest-performing school is Ignite Community School - Pasadena (Texas College Preparatory Academies), which has ranked in the bottom 5-6% for three years, with 0% of 7th graders proficient in math and a high dropout rate of 4.3%.
Key takeaways include a stark district performance divide: Deer Park ISD schools are top-tier, while Pasadena ISD schools are average, and the charter school severely underperforms. Spending does not predict success—Turner Elementary spends the most per student ($11,916) but ranks low, while Fairmont J H spends less ($10,646) and excels. Both middle schools show an "Algebra I anomaly" where only advanced students take the test, resulting in near-perfect proficiency rates that mask lower general math scores. The area also shows significant socioeconomic disparity, with free/reduced lunch rates ranging from 34.5% at Fairmont Elementary to 72.7% at Ignite Community School.
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