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G H WHITCOMB EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About G H WHITCOMB EL
Located at 900 RESEDA DR, in HOUSTON, Texas, G H WHITCOMB EL is a mid-tier K-5 school that caters to 557 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under CLEAR CREEK ISD.
G H WHITCOMB EL is one of 46 schools operated by CLEAR CREEK ISD, a district that serves 39,684 students overall.
On demographics, G H WHITCOMB EL logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 25% White, 18% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Harris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, G H WHITCOMB EL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, G H WHITCOMB EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +1.8 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate 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. G H WHITCOMB EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
The closest other public school is CLEAR LAKE INT, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts G H WHITCOMB EL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.5%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at G H WHITCOMB EL has fell 21%, going from 702 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 37% to 47% across the same window.
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