River Oaks Elementary School (Houston)
| River Oaks Elementary School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
2008 Kirby Drive , 77019 United States | |
| Coordinates | 29°44′51″N 95°25′11″W / 29.747422°N 95.419608°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Where learning is elementary |
| Established | 1929 |
| School district | Houston ISD |
| Principal | William Dedrick |
| Teaching staff | 37.00 (FTE (2018–19) |
| Grades | K-5 |
| Enrollment | 675 (2018–19) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.24∶1 (2018–19) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) |
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| Mascot | Roadrunners |
| Communities served | River Oaks, Avalon Place, Oak Estates, and Royden Oaks |
| Website | www |
River Oaks Elementary School is a magnet school, and neighborhood school, part of the Houston Independent School District. It is located in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas, United States As of 2024, William Dedrick is the principal.
It houses one of several gifted and talented programs, referred to as "Vanguard" programs, in Houston ISD. The school's motto is "Where discovery is elementary". Its mascot is the roadrunner.
River Oaks Elementary School has an accelerated multidisciplinary curriculum. It became one of the first three elementary schools in Texas to get authorization for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (the primary school division of the IB program) during the 2002 - 2003 school year, and the curriculum was changed accordingly during the same school year.