BLACKSHEAR EL

BLACKSHEAR EL is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, with 257 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BLACKSHEAR EL sits 50% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, BLACKSHEAR EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BLACKSHEAR EL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BLACKSHEAR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 19.8%, a residual of -11.4 points.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BLACKSHEAR EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ACADEMY AT RYAN, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLACKSHEAR EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLACKSHEAR EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. BLACKSHEAR EL's enrollment has contracted 48% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 257). The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 14% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for BLACKSHEAR EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.