FRANCIS EL

FRANCIS EL operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in HUMBLE, Texas, operated by ALDINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 770 students spanning grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so FRANCIS EL sits 48% above that benchmark.

ALDINE ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 56,419 students. FRANCIS EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRANCIS EL records that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 37% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, FRANCIS EL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FRANCIS EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, FRANCIS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 25.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), FRANCIS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FRANCIS EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 711 students in 2018 compared to 770 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.