The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in Math. The lowest is 8% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Stehlik El
Stehlik Elementary is a public school in north Houston serving grades one through five, part of Aldine ISD. The enrollment puts it in a mid-sized range for an elementary school, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black population and very small shares of other groups. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school among the most economically disadvantaged in any comparative context. English learner counts and special education rates were not reported in the data available.
The school administers Texas's STAAR assessment, and a notable detail in the data is that most tested grades are assessed in Spanish rather than English, suggesting the school serves a significant population of students whose primary instruction is in Spanish. That context matters when reading the proficiency figures. Across reading and language arts, math, and science, the rates of students reaching the "Meets Grade Level" or higher performance bands are low, sitting well below the midpoint among districts in Harris County by the overall proficiency index. A majority of students reach the "Approaches" floor in both ELA and math, meaning they meet the minimum passing standard, but far fewer clear the "Meets" threshold, and a very small share reach "Masters." In fifth-grade science, the share reaching proficiency is quite low. Fourth-grade ELA, tested on the English STAAR for that cohort, shows a somewhat wider tested group than the Spanish-assessed grades, which reflects the mixed-language nature of the program. Parents who want to understand how individual students are progressing against grade-level expectations should ask the school directly, since the aggregate numbers suggest a substantial portion of students are working toward grade-level mastery rather than having achieved it. Only one year of data is available, so there is no trend to characterize.
Because this is a grades one through five school, there is no graduation rate, AP access, or dual-credit pathway to report. Those measures simply do not apply at this level.
The school sits in a part of Houston's north side where the surrounding zip code carries home values noticeably below both the Texas state benchmark and the national figure, and meaningfully below the Harris County median listing price. Values in the immediate area have edged slightly downward year over year. Rents are comparatively modest. For a family weighing housing costs alongside school choice, this is one of the more affordable pockets within a county that spans a very wide range of price points.
Houston itself is worth understanding as a backdrop. The metro is among the fastest-growing in the country, with new construction heavily concentrated in outer suburban counties while the inner core, including the north Houston neighborhoods near this school, tends to see slower residential churn. The city's lack of traditional zoning means that the street environment around any given elementary school can mix residential, commercial, and light industrial uses in ways that look different from most other cities. The north Houston corridor near this school is not one of the city's walkable districts; daily life is car-dependent, as it is across most of the city outside a handful of inner-loop neighborhoods.
On Aldine ISD as a district, the research turned up no confirmed recent strategic changes or parent-relevant policy shifts, so that context was left out rather than guessed at.
For a family already in this neighborhood, Stehlik is the local public elementary, and its Spanish-language STAAR pathway suggests it is structured to serve Spanish-dominant learners through the elementary grades. Parents who want to understand what reading interventions, bilingual program model, or academic support the school provides should ask those questions directly, as those program details were not in the data available here.
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