CORNELIUS EL

CORNELIUS EL is an average-sized elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD. The school instructs 763 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 47% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. CORNELIUS EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CORNELIUS EL shows that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 11% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CORNELIUS EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

With demographic context factored in, CORNELIUS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), CORNELIUS EL is one campus in the mix.

HARTMAN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CORNELIUS EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

CORNELIUS EL operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CORNELIUS EL has declined 16%, going from 907 students in 2018 to 763 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 18% to 11%. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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