DE ZAVALA EL

DE ZAVALA EL, a reasonably sized elementary school in BAYTOWN, Texas, overseen by GOOSE CREEK CISD, educates 527 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within GOOSE CREEK CISD, which oversees 34 schools and 24,032 students, DE ZAVALA EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, DE ZAVALA EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% Black, 19% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DE ZAVALA EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DE ZAVALA EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.9%; DE ZAVALA EL posts 25.4%, -15.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the 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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DE ZAVALA EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: HORACE MANN J H, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DE ZAVALA EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. DE ZAVALA EL's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 804 (now 527). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.