FOSTER EL

FOSTER EL is a primary school of close-knit scale in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, serveing 334 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 36% below typical.

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

On demographics, FOSTER EL records that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at FOSTER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FOSTER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.0%.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 FOSTER EL is one.

CULLEN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOSTER EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

FOSTER EL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. FOSTER EL's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 334).

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