FRANKLIN EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, FRANKLIN EL is a compact elementary-level community, part of HOUSTON ISD. It hosts 218 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 58% leaner than typical.

FRANKLIN EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that hosts 176,727 students overall.

Demographically, FRANKLIN EL reports that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. 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 number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRANKLIN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of +6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which FRANKLIN EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EDISON MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FRANKLIN EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRANKLIN EL has edged down 50%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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