HARRIS J R EL

HARRIS J R EL, a small elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, works with 288 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 45% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), HARRIS J R EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HARRIS J R EL lists that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HARRIS J R EL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at HARRIS J R EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARRIS J R EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of +11.4 points.

In the broader community, 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%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HARRIS J R EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is YES PREP - EAST END, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARRIS J R EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 38%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.