The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in Math. The lowest is 23% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Calvert El
Calvert Elementary sits on the north side of Houston, part of Aldine ISD, and serves students in first through fifth grade. The school draws a heavily Hispanic student population with a substantial Black student enrollment as well, and the vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community with significant economic need. English learner counts and special education rates were not reported in the data available here.
The academic picture is mixed and worth looking at closely. On Texas's STAAR assessments, the school's overall proficiency index places it just above the midpoint relative to districts in Harris County, which is a meaningful position in a county with sixty districts ranging from quite low to quite strong. Within that, performance varies by grade and subject. Fifth-grade math showed the majority of tested students reaching proficiency, and fourth-grade math was comparable. Third-grade math, however, showed no students reaching proficiency, though the tested group for that grade and subject was very small, so that result reflects very few students and should be read with caution. Third-grade reading showed roughly a quarter to a third of students at proficiency, and fifth-grade science came in well below half. A portion of the ELA data was suppressed due to small group sizes, so the full reading picture is incomplete. At the STAAR summary level across all subjects, roughly seven in ten students are approaching grade level, about four in ten are meeting grade level, and a much smaller share reaches the masters level. Science is the area where gaps look most pronounced, and a parent who wants to understand trajectory into middle school may want to ask the school directly about how science instruction is structured.
There is only one year of data available, so no trend can be observed. Whether scores are improving, flat, or declining is simply not something this data can speak to.
The school does not serve high school grades, so graduation rates and AP or dual-credit pathways are not applicable here. No information on extended programs, staffing levels, attendance patterns, or discipline was available.
The neighborhood around the school falls within the broader Houston ZIP code area, where home values sit noticeably below both the Texas state benchmark and the national median. Rents are relatively modest by Houston standards. Harris County as a whole is seeing active listings rise year over year, homes spending somewhat longer on the market than they did a year ago, and listing prices that have dipped slightly. For a family considering housing near this school, the area is among the more affordable entry points in the metro.
Houston itself is a genuinely large and sprawling city without traditional zoning, so the character of any given neighborhood shifts block by block. The broader metro is growing faster than almost anywhere else in the country, with that growth increasingly pushing outward to suburban counties while Houston's inner core continues to densify. For Aldine ISD specifically, the district brief search was exhausted without surfacing confirmed recent parent-relevant changes, so district-level strategic context was left out rather than guessed at.
Calvert Elementary will likely suit families who need an affordable neighborhood school in northern Houston with a predominantly Hispanic and Black peer community and bilingual assessment administration. The academic results suggest students are largely reaching baseline grade-level benchmarks, with real gaps in science and early reading that parents should probe further.
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