FROST EL

Located at 5002 ALMEDA-GENOA RD, in HOUSTON, Texas, FROST EL is a small elementary-level community that hosts 402 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HOUSTON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

FROST EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that works with 176,727 students overall.

Demographically, FROST EL logs that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FROST EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FROST EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 26.2%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which FROST EL is one.

The closest other public school is ILTEXAS HOUSTON OREM EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FROST EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.8%.

FROST EL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. FROST EL's enrollment has contracted 39% since 2018, when it stood at 656 (now 402). Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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