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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELDON ISD·NCES 483999012497
GARRETT EL
12017 GARRETT RD, HOUSTON, TX 77044 · (281) 727-4200 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
502 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
606
-30 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.7:1
% White
2%
was 6%
% Hispanic
63%
was 63%
% Black
33%
was 30%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GARRETT EL
GARRETT EL is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by SHELDON ISD, with 606 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5.
Across the 14 schools in SHELDON ISD (10,946 students total), GARRETT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, GARRETT EL lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 33% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, GARRETT EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GARRETT EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at GARRETT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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), GARRETT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 32.5%.
Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. GARRETT EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: MICHAEL R NULL MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GARRETT EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 636 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the GARRETT EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHELDON ISD
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
- C E KING MIDDLEMiddle · 1,359 students
- MICHAEL R NULL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,050 students
- L E MONAHAN ELElementary · 635 students
- SHELDON LAKE ELElementary · 622 students
- ROYALWOOD ELElementary · 607 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- MICHAEL R NULL MIDDLE0.2 mi · 1,050
- C E KING H S1.3 mi · 3,716
- H M CARROLL EL1.4 mi · 536
- SHELDON LAKE EL1.7 mi · 622
- L E MONAHAN EL2.2 mi · 635
- KASE ACADEMY2.5 mi · 104
Frequently asked questions
About GARRETT ELWhat is the total enrollment at GARRETT EL?
GARRETT EL enrolls approximately 606 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does GARRETT EL serve?
GARRETT EL serves grades 01-05.
How many teachers does GARRETT EL have?
GARRETT EL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
How diverse is GARRETT EL?
GARRETT EL reports a student body of 2% White, 63% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees GARRETT EL?
GARRETT EL is overseen by SHELDON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.