HARVARD EL

HARVARD EL, a mid-tier K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, enrolls 657 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 27% bigger than typical.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. HARVARD EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HARVARD EL records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, HARVARD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which HARVARD EL is one.

HOGG MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARVARD EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. HARVARD EL's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 675 (now 657). Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 26% across the same window.

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