CAROLEE BOOKER EL

CAROLEE BOOKER EL operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, part of SPRING ISD. Current enrollment sits at 726 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 40% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SPRING ISD runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 33,678 students. CAROLEE BOOKER EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CAROLEE BOOKER EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder comes out to 27% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CAROLEE BOOKER EL logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, CAROLEE BOOKER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. CAROLEE BOOKER EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is ANDY DEKANEY H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAROLEE BOOKER EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. CAROLEE BOOKER EL's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 844 (now 726). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 62% to 68%.

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