ADAM EL

ADAM EL, a high-enrollment elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, instructs 957 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 84% bigger than typical.

ADAM EL is one of 92 schools operated by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, a district that hosts 117,927 students overall.

On demographics, ADAM EL records that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 20% White, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ADAM EL has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ADAM EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 45.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), ADAM EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DANISH EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ADAM EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 14%: 843 students in 2018 compared to 957 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 42% to 55%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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