DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K

As a mid-tier elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K serves 575 students from grades pre-K through K, operated by ALDINE ISD.

Across the 76 schools in ALDINE ISD (56,419 students total), DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 12% 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, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% 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.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: ECKERT EL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K has shrank 8%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 575 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 67% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.