ELMORE EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, ELMORE EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. It serves 443 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, ELMORE EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 47% Black, 2% White.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELMORE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 28.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that 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. ELMORE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: MCGOWEN EL, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELMORE EL. On composite proficiency, ELMORE EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

ELMORE EL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. ELMORE EL's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 583 (now 443). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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