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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HENDERSON J EL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002485
HENDERSON J EL
1800 DISMUKE, HOUSTON, TX 77023 · (713) 924-1730 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
425 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
443
-303 (-41%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.9:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
96%
was 97%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HENDERSON J EL
As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, HENDERSON J EL caters to 443 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
HENDERSON J EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that works with 176,727 students overall.
Looking at the student body, HENDERSON J EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Beyond that, the school logs 2% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, HENDERSON J EL shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HENDERSON J EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.7%; HENDERSON J EL posts 47.9%, +15.1 points above that line.
In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. HENDERSON J EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
KIPP INTREPID PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HENDERSON J EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HENDERSON J EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.3%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. HENDERSON J EL's enrollment has decreased 41% since 2018, when it stood at 746 (now 443).
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for HENDERSON J EL typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- BELLAIRE H SHigh · 3,216 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,968 students
- WESTSIDE H SHigh · 2,729 students
- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP INTREPID PREPARATORY0.3 mi · 509
- KIPP EAST END H S0.3 mi · 625
- KIPP EXPLORE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 756
- CARRILLO EL0.7 mi · 346
- COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC0.8 mi · 83
- GEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER0.8 mi · 726
Frequently asked questions
About HENDERSON J ELWhat is the total enrollment at HENDERSON J EL?
HENDERSON J EL enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HENDERSON J EL serve?
HENDERSON J EL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HENDERSON J EL have?
HENDERSON J EL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at HENDERSON J EL?
Student demographics at HENDERSON J EL are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees HENDERSON J EL?
HENDERSON J EL is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.