CAGE EL

As a compact primary school in HOUSTON, Texas, CAGE EL enrolls 319 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under HOUSTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

HOUSTON ISD comprises 273 schools with combined enrollment of 176,727 students; CAGE EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAGE EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%); the rest is composed of 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, CAGE EL logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at CAGE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAGE EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 50.8%, a residual of +15.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that median household income runs about $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. CAGE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAGE EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAGE EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. CAGE EL's enrollment has fell 38% since 2018, when it stood at 516 (now 319). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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