CLARK EL

CLARK EL is an elementary campus of well-populated scale in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within SPRING ISD, educateing 828 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 42 schools in SPRING ISD (33,678 students total), CLARK EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CLARK EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest is composed of 39% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, CLARK EL lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at CLARK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CLARK EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.0%; actual is 22.1%, a gap of -13.9 points.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which CLARK EL is one.

SPRING LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLARK EL. On composite proficiency, CLARK EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

CLARK EL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARK EL has climbed 8%, going from 768 students in 2018 to 828 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 31% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for CLARK EL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.