Houston ES

Houston ES operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Washington, District of Columbia, run under District of Columbia Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 314 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within District of Columbia Public Schools, which oversees 117 schools and 52,030 students, Houston ES is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Houston ES shows that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for District of Columbia shows median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Houston ES is one.

The closest other public school is Ron Brown College Preparatory HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 17%: 269 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 96% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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