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FIELD EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FIELD EL
Set in HOUSTON, Texas, FIELD EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. It instructs 507 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, FIELD EL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, FIELD EL logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 30% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian. 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, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FIELD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.7%, the actual is 67.7%, a residual of +12.0 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. FIELD EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
HEIGHTS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FIELD EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 47.1%.
FIELD EL operates from a metropolitan location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FIELD EL has changed only slightly, going from 502 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 85% to 57%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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