Enrollment
177
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002407
BRISCOE EL
321 FOREST HILL, HOUSTON, TX 77011 · (713) 924-1740 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL177 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
165 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +40.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
177
-162 (-48%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 14.6:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
98%
was 98%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BRISCOE EL
Located at 321 FOREST HILL, in HOUSTON, Texas, BRISCOE EL is a micro-enrollment elementary school that hosts 177 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HOUSTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BRISCOE EL sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.
Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, BRISCOE EL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, BRISCOE EL logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BRISCOE EL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. 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 commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRISCOE EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.2%; BRISCOE EL posts 48.8%, +15.6 points above that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Harris County put 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), BRISCOE EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is GALLEGOS EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRISCOE EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.3%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 48%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 177 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BRISCOE EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- BELLAIRE H SHigh · 3,216 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,968 students
- WESTSIDE H SHigh · 2,729 students
- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- GALLEGOS EL0.4 mi · 351
- FRANKLIN EL0.7 mi · 218
- DE ZAVALA EL0.7 mi · 246
- CARRILLO EL0.8 mi · 346
- EDISON MIDDLE0.9 mi · 388
- TIJERINA EL1.1 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About BRISCOE ELWhat is the total enrollment at BRISCOE EL?
BRISCOE EL enrolls approximately 177 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BRISCOE EL serve?
BRISCOE EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BRISCOE EL?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at BRISCOE EL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRISCOE EL?
At BRISCOE EL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
What district is BRISCOE EL in?
BRISCOE EL is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.