HOPPER PRI

Set in HIGHLANDS, Texas, HOPPER PRI is a close-knit elementary school, one of the schools within GOOSE CREEK CISD. It caters to 239 students across grades pre-K through K. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

GOOSE CREEK CISD comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 24,032 students; HOPPER PRI is among them.

Demographically, HOPPER PRI logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 22% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HOPPER PRI has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports 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%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HOPPER PRI is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HIGHLANDS EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOPPER PRI.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOPPER PRI has contracted 55%, going from 527 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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