HICKS EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, HICKS EL is a medium-sized primary school, part of ALIEF ISD. It enrolls 645 students across grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

ALIEF ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 38,610 students; HICKS EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HICKS EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Black, 14% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HICKS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HICKS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate 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%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HICKS EL is one campus in the mix.

KERR H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HICKS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HICKS EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. HICKS EL's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 781 (now 645). Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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