HORN EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, HORN EL is a mid-tier K-5 school, run under ALIEF ISD. It instructs 675 students across grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

HORN EL is one of 46 schools operated by ALIEF ISD, a district that caters to 38,610 students overall.

On demographics, HORN EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). The remainder breaks down as 11% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HORN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HORN EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: MARIA DEL CARMEN MARTINEZ EARLY LEARNING CENTER, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HORN EL. On composite proficiency, HORN EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. HORN EL's enrollment has shrank 32% since 2018, when it stood at 999 (now 675). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 16% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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