PONDEROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Go back
17202 BUTTE CREEK RD
HOUSTON, TX 77090
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Phone: 281-891-8180
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 3
  • Educational Climate: Above Average
  • Technology Measure: Low
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Pre-kindergarten - 5th Grade
  • District: Spring Independent School District
  • Students/Teacher: 14
  • Students/Grade: 107
  • Number Students: 749
  • Number Teachers: 53
  • Number Classrooms: 36
  • Expense/Pupil: $4,600.00 - 4,899.99
  • Poverty Level: 16 - 29.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 15
  • Number PCs: 0
  • Number Macs: 015
  • Principal: Ms Deborah Graham
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
  • MAGNET SCHOOL
School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (11 ratings)
Maximum Rating: 5




    School Reviews (7 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-11-09
    "I made the huge mistake of sending my son to this school for one year after moving nearby. Instead of being assessed at the beginning of the school year, he was changed classes three different times. He was not challenged & just felt unbalanced & like he was starting all over each time. He did make excellent grades.. but he was also doing work that he did two years prior at the previous school attended. He was assigned homework only 3 times the whole year!!! He is now back at his old school & for the first time ever is struggling to keep up. It's like he missed a whole year of school!!"
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-04-19
    "The CHAMPS teachers, (music, art, phys. ed, library) are the absolute best."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2009-09-04
    "Some of the staff need to retire, quit, or get a new attitude BECAUSE they have been there too long. It seems all the staff YELL at the kids? You won't get respect unless you give it. The yelling makes it feels like military school w/o the learning perks. You wouldn't know the principal from a fly on the wall. Hopeful the new zoning will help the school, as far as I know the staff remain the same."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2009-08-19
    "This excellent local school has achieved exemplary status with the state again this past year. Involved, active PTO group. Newly renovated campus. Low staff turnover, consistency in teaching from one year to the next. Good ESL PK-grade 5, excellent administrative staff."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2008-05-29
    "Excellent school with excellent staff. Great staff retention which helps with educational continuity. Diverse mix racially and economically. We stay in our apartment complex just so our son can complete his elementary education at *this* school. Good ESL and special needs programs. They have attempted to start extracurricular activities this year with the introduction of 'clubs' which meet before or after school once a week. There is Chess, Dancing, Art, and a few more. Not much but it is a leap for them and school sponsored. The school is small but SISD bonds have allowed for expansion and handicap access to the upper floor now. My first concern is that now that they have achieved the level of academic excellence they now enjoy, to maintain it they will have to diminish the amount of 'fun' the students get to have. Very active PTO which means *lots* of fundraisers unfortunately."
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