DURHAM EL

As an average-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, DURHAM EL works with 547 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of HOUSTON ISD.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, DURHAM EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school reports 27% White, 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DURHAM EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.3%.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which DURHAM EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HARPER DAEP, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DURHAM EL. On composite proficiency, DURHAM EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.

DURHAM EL operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DURHAM EL has edged down 4%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 547 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 18% to 27%.

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