GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR is an average-sized elementary-level community, operated by HOUSTON ISD. It serves 502 students across grades pre-K through 8.

GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that works with 176,727 students overall.

In terms of who attends, GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR reports that Black students make up the majority at 64%; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR's enrollment has declined 31% since 2018, when it stood at 726 (now 502). Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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