BOONE EL

BOONE EL, a mid-tier elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by ALIEF ISD, enrolls 511 students, covering grades K through 4.

BOONE EL is one of 46 schools operated by ALIEF ISD, a district that instructs 38,610 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BOONE EL records that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOONE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 24.2%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Harris County shows 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. BOONE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is OLLE MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOONE EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOONE EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 38%: 821 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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