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 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of +12.9 points.

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).

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