Oleson El, Houston TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Oleson El

Oleson Elementary is a small elementary school in northeast Houston serving grades one through five. The overwhelming majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a small share of Black and white students and very few other groups represented.

Test performance across math, English language arts, science, and social studies is below the middle range among elementary schools in Harris County. In math, proficiency rates vary substantially by grade: third grade shows modest performance, fourth grade falls considerably lower, and fifth grade on the Spanish-language assessment shows essentially no proficiency. English language arts performance is similarly uneven, with third grade very low on the Spanish assessment, fourth grade roughly at the middle, and fifth grade low. Fifth-grade science on the Spanish assessment shows no students meeting the proficiency threshold. Social studies proficiency is quite low across the school. Taken together, a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the context for these results, including how many students are taking Spanish-language versus English-language assessments, how long they have been in the United States, and what instructional supports are in place.

The school's enrollment is small for the grade band, with roughly balanced numbers across the five grades. The school population is economically disadvantaged, with nearly universal qualification for free or reduced-price lunch.

Houston itself is a sprawling, car-dependent city shaped by the absence of traditional zoning, which has allowed residential, commercial, and industrial uses to coexist closely, though commercial tends to cluster along major thoroughfares and residential in the interior. The city has pockets of walkability such as downtown and the Museum District, though most of the region requires a car. Growth is rapid and continuing to shift outward to suburban and exurban counties.

Housing values in the Houston metro area are moderate relative to the national benchmark. The entry cost for a home in the school's zip code sits below the state average and substantially below the national average. Rental costs are correspondingly lower. Monthly mortgage payments and rent are both manageable on local incomes, though rent-to-income ratios are elevated.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 28% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 34% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 35% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 37%

School 7% · District 36% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 34% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 31% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 14% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

This schoolALDINE ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income29%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income38%Higher-income50%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income50%50 pp gap