DEANDA EL

Located at 7980 ALMEDA GENOA RD, in HOUSTON, Texas, DEANDA EL is a medium-sized primary school that instructs 670 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by HOUSTON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 519.

HOUSTON ISD comprises 273 schools with combined enrollment of 176,727 students; DEANDA EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DEANDA EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DEANDA EL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DEANDA EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DEANDA EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.6%; actual is 51.8%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding 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. DEANDA EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is MITCHELL EL, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DEANDA EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

DEANDA EL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEANDA EL has held roughly steady, going from 669 students in 2018 to 670 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

On this page, members of the DEANDA EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.