ERMEL EL

Located at 7103 WOODSMAN TRL, in HOUSTON, Texas, ERMEL EL is a cozy elementary-level community that serves 436 students (grades 1 through 5), run under ALDINE ISD.

Within ALDINE ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 56,419 students, ERMEL EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ERMEL EL shows that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ERMEL EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ERMEL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 34.4%.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), ERMEL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EILAND EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ERMEL EL. On composite proficiency, ERMEL EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. ERMEL EL's enrollment has contracted 38% since 2018, when it stood at 698 (now 436). Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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