ECKERT EL

ECKERT EL is one of the mid-sized primary schools in HOUSTON, Texas, run under ALDINE ISD, with 454 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5.

Across the 76 schools in ALDINE ISD (56,419 students total), ECKERT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ECKERT EL records that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 88% of students at ECKERT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ECKERT EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.3%; this one comes in at 19.1%, -16.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 ECKERT EL is one.

DE SANTIAGO EC/PK/K is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ECKERT EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ECKERT EL at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

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