HOUSTON EL

As a cozy primary school in ENNIS, Texas, HOUSTON EL serves 363 students from grades 1 through 3, part of ENNIS ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 519.

Across the 12 schools in ENNIS ISD (6,646 students total), HOUSTON EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HOUSTON EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest looks like 18% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at HOUSTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Ellis County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOUSTON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

In the broader community, Ellis County reports that median household income runs about $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), HOUSTON EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ENNIS H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOUSTON EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 26%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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