GARCIA EL

GARCIA EL is a modestly sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. The school works with 289 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so GARCIA EL sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, GARCIA EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, GARCIA EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 24% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GARCIA EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at GARCIA 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, GARCIA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.2%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), GARCIA EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is COOP EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GARCIA EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. GARCIA EL's enrollment has contracted 55% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 289). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 73% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the GARCIA EL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.