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Willie Melton Sr Elem
Fort Bend County · Region 04: Houston · 718 students
Willie Melton Sr Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 92 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 88.5 average of the 904 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.3. It is up 1 point since 2024-25.
Ranks 838th of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 318 others), and 185th of 1,303 in Region 04: Houston (tied with 67 others).
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2 years of ratings
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 92 | 88.5 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | A | 91 | 88.5 | 81.2 |
How this school's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Willie Melton Sr Elem itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
Texas schools
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Willie Melton Sr Elem
- Similar student population (904)
- Region 04: Houston (1,303)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 91 | A | — |
| School Progress | 92 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 92 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 92 | A | — |
| Relative Performance | 82 | B | 8 |
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (92), so Student Achievement (91) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (904)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (904 schools) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 718
- Economically disadvantaged
- 25.3%−0.9 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 34.3%+24.2 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 13.8%−3.3 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 96.5%+1.1 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 4.2%−5.5 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 21.6%
- Hispanic 27%
- White 25.5%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 22.6%
- Two or More Races 3.1%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Willie Melton Sr Elem
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
TEA's published file does not include peer-group spending for this entity, so no comparison is shown.
Not reported by TEA for this entity: peer.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $74,522+$6,019 vs similar
- Teachers
- 43
- Students per staff member
- 16.7
Teaching experience
- Beginning 9.3%
- 1 to 5 years 39.5%
- 6 to 10 years 25.6%
- 11 to 20 years 20.9%
- 21 to 30 years 2.3%
- Over 30 years 2.3%
Where this school ranks best
Out of 88 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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9of 133
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Fort Bend County · of the 133 that report this measure
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220of 7,090
Academic Growth
Texas average · of the 7,090 that report this measure · tied with 125
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345of 7,358
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Texas average · of the 7,358 that report this measure · tied with 21 · ranking (bottom 1,500 shown)
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356of 7,366
Attendance
Texas average · of the 7,366 that report this measure · tied with 68 · ranking (top 1,500 shown)
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5of 135
Per-student spending
Fort Bend County · of the 135 that report this measure · tied with 45
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7of 135
Academic Growth
Fort Bend County · of the 135 that report this measure · tied with 3
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10of 136
School Progress
Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure · tied with 7
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10of 133
Attendance
Fort Bend County · of the 133 that report this measure · tied with 4
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63of 1,224
Academic Growth
Region 04: Houston · of the 1,224 that report this measure · tied with 34
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this campus ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.
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