DOGAN EL

DOGAN EL is a medium-sized elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD. The school enrolls 448 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), DOGAN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, DOGAN EL records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 31% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, DOGAN EL lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, DOGAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of -3.6 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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which DOGAN EL is one.

The closest other public school is ATHERTON EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DOGAN EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DOGAN EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOGAN EL has edged down 27%, going from 610 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.