COOP EL

COOP EL, a mid-tier elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, serves 533 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, COOP EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, COOP EL reports that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, COOP EL shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, COOP EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of +4.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), COOP EL is one campus in the mix.

GARCIA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, COOP EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

COOP EL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 739 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.