CARMICHAEL EL

CARMICHAEL EL operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, part of ALDINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 711 students spanning grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

CARMICHAEL EL is one of 76 schools operated by ALDINE ISD, a district that caters to 56,419 students overall.

On the student-mix side, CARMICHAEL EL lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 18% Black, 7% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 91% of students at CARMICHAEL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARMICHAEL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.3%; this one delivers 43.8%.

Around the school, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $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. CARMICHAEL EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: SHOTWELL MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARMICHAEL EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARMICHAEL EL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 809 students in 2018 compared to 711 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 76% to 70% across the same window.

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