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Spring Independent School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Spring.

Spring’s School Grade D better than 11% of Texas school districts

Students
33,590
Schools
41
Spent per student
$12,803
TX $12,815
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
80%
Debt
$811.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Spring Independent School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 11% of Texas districts
  • Math proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 13 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 8 pts below the state
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Debt of $811.1M, about $24,146 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 11% of the 1,191 Texas school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C−
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
D
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Spring. Grade by grade →

PK–510 elementary schoolsThis district
6–84 middle schoolsThis district
9–122 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. TX

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency25%
State average 40.9% · 18,499 students tested
Reading / language arts38%
State average 51.1% · 18,526 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)82%
State average 90.3% · 2,440 in the class

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$12,803 per student · 0% below TX
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 38%Other 7%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 39%State 39%Federal 22%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
33,131’20
32,934’21
34,020’22
33,847’23
33,590’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 54%Black 36%White 4%Two or more races 3%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

41 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools.

Chet Burchett El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
C+
982 students18:1
Pat Reynolds El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
877 students17:1
Gloria Marshall El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
C−
876 students16:1
Clark El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
D−
828 students20:1
Heritage El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C
807 students18:1
Milton Cooper El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
766 students17:1
Ginger McNabb El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
B+
743 students18:1
Ponderosa El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
B−
740 students18:1
Carolee Booker El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
726 students16:1
Northgate El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
B−
700 students16:1
Bammel El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
D−
697 students18:1
Donna Lewis El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C
689 students17:1
Meyer El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
D
680 students15:1
Anderson El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
C
635 students16:1
Deloras E Thompson El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
D
634 students16:1
Pearl M Hirsch El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
C−
630 students15:1
Smith El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
C
624 students14:1
Hoyland El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C
617 students14:1
Mildred Jenkins El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
C−
603 students16:1
Ralph Eickenroht El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C
574 students16:1
Beneke El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C+
573 students17:1
Helen Major El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
567 students17:1
Joan Link El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Houston
C−
556 students15:1
John Winship El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
C
524 students17:1
Salyers El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring
D
484 students15:1
Rickey C Bailey Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Spring
D
982 students20:1
Stelle Claughton Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
896 students18:1
Edward Roberson Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
A−
872 students18:1
Twin Creeks Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Spring
C−
848 students15:1
Edwin M Wells Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
796 students16:1
Bammel Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
783 students16:1
Dueitt Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Spring
D
720 students15:1
Springwoods Village Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
C
590 students20:1
Spring Leadership Academy
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
502 students16:1
Richey Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Houston
56 students8:1
Spring H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Spring
D
2,594 students20:1
Andy Dekaney H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D−
2,485 students19:1
Westfield H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
2,264 students20:1
Carl Wunsche Sr. H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Spring
A−
1,503 students17:1
Spring Early College Academy
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A−
391 students18:1
Momentum H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
176 students8:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Texas.