FREEMAN EL

As a cozy elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, FREEMAN EL educates 382 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by PASADENA ISD. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, FREEMAN EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, FREEMAN EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 10% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at FREEMAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FREEMAN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.9%; this one delivers 32.0%.

Across the wider county, 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), FREEMAN EL is one campus in the mix.

GARFIELD EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FREEMAN EL. On composite proficiency, FREEMAN EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

FREEMAN EL operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. FREEMAN EL's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 382). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.