BARRICK EL

Located at 12001 WINFREY LN, in HOUSTON, Texas, BARRICK EL is a modestly sized K-5 school that works with 433 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HOUSTON ISD.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. BARRICK EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BARRICK EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BARRICK EL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at BARRICK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BARRICK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BARRICK EL is one.

The closest other public school is YES PREP - NORTHLINE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BARRICK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BARRICK EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. BARRICK EL's enrollment has declined 37% since 2018, when it stood at 692 (now 433).

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