BLACK EL

BLACK EL operates as a moderately sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of ALDINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades 1 through 5.

Within ALDINE ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 56,419 students, BLACK EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BLACK EL records that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 7% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLACK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.3%.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), BLACK EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BUSSEY EL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BLACK EL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLACK EL has fell 43%, going from 859 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.