HELEN MAJOR EL

HELEN MAJOR EL is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in HOUSTON, Texas, part of SPRING ISD, with 567 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 42 schools in SPRING ISD (33,678 students total), HELEN MAJOR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HELEN MAJOR EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 46% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, HELEN MAJOR EL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HELEN MAJOR EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HELEN MAJOR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 29.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 HELEN MAJOR EL is one.

PONDEROSA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HELEN MAJOR EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HELEN MAJOR EL has fell 21%, going from 717 students in 2018 to 567 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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