GALLEGOS EL

GALLEGOS EL, a cozy K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, educates 351 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 519.

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

In terms of who attends, GALLEGOS EL shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GALLEGOS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at GALLEGOS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GALLEGOS EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.3%; this one delivers 49.3%, a residual of +19.0 points.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 GALLEGOS EL is one.

The closest other public school is DE ZAVALA EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GALLEGOS EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GALLEGOS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GALLEGOS EL has contracted 8%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025.

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