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What's the most underrated thing about HARRIS EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771008260
Harris Elementary School
3130 HOLDER FOREST DR, HOUSTON, TX 77088 · (281) 878-7900 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
399 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 38.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 14.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →
Schools most like Harris Elementary School
Harris Elementary School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Elementary School this school | 448 | 89.1% | 25.8% |
| Eckert Elementary School HOUSTON | 454 | 88.3% | 19.1% |
| Uplift Pinnacle Prep PS DALLAS | 486 | 88.9% | 25.4% |
| David K Sellars Elementary School FORT WORTH | 436 | 92.9% | 33.4% |
| Child Development Center MOUNT PLEASANT | 416 | 90.4% | N/A |
| Greenbriar Elementary School FORT WORTH | 468 | 89.3% | 28.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harris Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #3,994 of 4,401 | #584 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,414 of 4,466 ▲ 308 | #510 of 625 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,898 of 4,466 ▲ 31 | #563 of 625 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,435 of 3,998 | #225 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #3,031 of 4,938 | #506 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,485 of 4,622 | #210 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #3,147 of 4,628 | #441 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #1,177 of 4,789 | #287 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.7% | #223 of 2,838 | #63 of 441 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
448
-102 (-19%) vs 2020
-50% since 2000-01, when it was 899
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 448 | 32.1 | 13.9:1 | 89% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 91% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 30.6 | 15.9:1 | 98% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 95% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 93% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 43 | 17.9:1 | 95% (735) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 89% (531) |
| 2000-01 | 899 | 50 | 18.0:1 | 79% (711) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harris Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (719 to 448); teachers down 32% (47 to 32.1).
About Harris Elementary School
Harris Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. It educates 448 students in grades 1 through 5.
Besides Harris Elementary School, ALDINE ISD runs 75 other schools. The district enrolls 56,419 students.
At Harris Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 76% of the student body. The next largest groups are 21% Black and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 32 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harris Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.9:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Harris Elementary School, the prediction is 35.7% and the result is 25.8%.
Harris County has these Census figures: the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
Nearby, Vines Ec/PK/K is about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Harris Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Harris Elementary School is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 102 students since 2020-21, to 448.
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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 ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Harris Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Harris Elementary. Harris Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Harris Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 285 students
- Harris Elementary SchoolDuluth, GA · 642 students
- Harris Elementary SchoolForest City, NC · 434 students
- HARRIS ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 408 students
- Harris Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Vines Ec/PK/K0.1 mi · 572
- Houston Academy0.6 mi · 372
- Carver H S for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts0.6 mi · 708
- Reece Academy0.7 mi · 402
- Victory Early College High School0.7 mi · 442
- Caraway Elementary School0.8 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Harris Elementary SchoolHow large is Harris Elementary School?
Harris Elementary School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Harris Elementary School serve?
Harris Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Harris Elementary School have?
Harris Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Harris Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harris Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Harris Elementary School public or private?
Harris Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALDINE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.