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Enrollment
721
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364001322
Herrera Elementary School
525 BENNINGTON ST, HOUSTON, TX 77022 · (713) 696-2800 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
651 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 99 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Herrera Elementary School→Burbank Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 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 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 41.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Herrera Elementary School
Herrera Elementary School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herrera Elementary School this school | 721 | 90.3% | 43.6% |
| Good Elementary School IRVING | 729 | 90.8% | 29.0% |
| Winnetka Elementary School DALLAS | 693 | 90.5% | 50.3% |
| William B Travis World Language Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 690 | 90.6% | 35.0% |
| El Magnet at Zavala ODESSA | 726 | 89.8% | 30.5% |
| Robert Driscoll Jr STEM Academy ROBSTOWN | 676 | 89.8% | 22.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Herrera Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #2,125 of 4,401 | #277 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,164 of 4,466 ▼ 238 | #296 of 625 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,263 of 4,466 ▲ 100 | #290 of 625 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,697 of 3,998 | #427 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #786 of 4,938 | #211 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,765 of 4,622 | #513 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #4,136 of 4,628 | #615 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,041 of 4,789 | #251 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,276 of 2,838 | #233 of 441 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
721
-97 (-12%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 721 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 90% (651) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 49.8 | 15.7:1 | 91% (709) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 91% (752) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 100% (814) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | 53 | 16.8:1 | 97% (862) |
| 2015-16 | 884 | 52 | 17.0:1 | 98% (869) |
| 2010-11 | 959 | 54 | 17.8:1 | 64% (617) |
| 2000-01 | 886 | 41 | 21.6:1 | 94% (834) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herrera Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (888 to 721); teachers down 19% (53 to 43).
About Herrera Elementary School
Herrera Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, located in HOUSTON. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 721 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 39% above that.
HOUSTON ISD enrolls 176,727 students, and its 273 schools include Herrera Elementary School.
Herrera Elementary School's enrollment is 95% Hispanic. Next come 3% White. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1 at Herrera Elementary School, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 90%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Herrera Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.6%; the prediction is 35.1%.
Herrera Elementary School is located in Harris County, where the median household income is $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Herrera Elementary School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
Roosevelt Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Herrera Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Herrera Elementary School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 12% from its 2020-21 level of 818.
Discussions about Herrera Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Heights High SchoolHigh · 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 High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.6 mi · 385
- Janowski Elementary School0.6 mi · 395
- North Houston Early College High School1.0 mi · 489
- Burbank Middle School1.1 mi · 1,412
- Jefferson Elementary School1.2 mi · 330
- Berry Elementary School1.4 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About Herrera Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Herrera Elementary School?
Herrera Elementary School enrolls approximately 721 students in grades PK-05.
Is Herrera Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Herrera Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Herrera Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Herrera Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Herrera Elementary School?
Herrera Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Herrera Elementary School?
Herrera Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.