The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 11% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Collins El
Collins Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Houston neighborhood of Westchase, part of Alief Independent School District. The school enrolled students across a broad age range typical of its grade band, with roughly equal cohorts across K through third and smaller numbers in fourth and fifth.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Asian population and smaller shares of Black and white students. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a community where family income is well below the district median. State testing data from 2024-25 captures academic performance across the grades that participate in Texas state assessment. On English language arts, proficiency rates ranged from one quarter to around two-fifths across the tested grades. Fourth-graders showed the strongest performance; fifth-graders also reached that mid-range; third-graders achieved a quarter of students proficient or above. Math results were similar or slightly lower. Science was assessed only in fifth grade, where proficiency dropped to around one in ten students. The available snapshot reflects performance at or below the midpoint among the county's districts in overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades.
Third grade results for both math and English language arts came from a Spanish-language assessment with very small tested counts, so those results carry limited information. Fourth and fifth grade results, drawn from the standard English-language STAAR, are more representative of broader cohorts.
Collins functions as a regular public elementary school without magnet designation or charter status. It sits in a zip code where median home values have declined modestly over the past year, and median rent also fell slightly. Harris County's housing market remains active but has cooled somewhat from earlier peaks, with supply and listing activity higher than a year prior, median prices down, and days on market in the mid-range. For families considering the area, affordability relative to income sits just below the national median, and renting remains more cost-effective than homebuying at current mortgage rates.
The broader context is that Houston, the city where Collins operates, has grown rapidly in recent years and continues to do so, with construction and residential development active across the metro region. The city's lack of traditional zoning creates a mixed-use urban fabric where commercial, residential, and light industrial uses often coexist on the same street. Walkability varies by neighborhood; downtown and older districts like the Heights have pedestrian infrastructure and good access to transit via the regional light rail system, while outer residential areas tend to be car-dependent.
Alief ISD serves this part of the metropolitan area. No recent district-level strategic priorities or operational changes were available in the available sources.
State testing data was available only for the 2024-25 school year, so trend lines cannot be established. Attendance and discipline data were not reported. Information about English learner population and special education enrollment was not available. A parent considering Collins should seek current information directly from the school about class size, instructional approaches, special services, and whether performance trends are moving in any direction, as a single year of data provides only a snapshot.
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