HOYLAND EL

HOYLAND EL is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in HOUSTON, Texas, run under SPRING ISD, caters to 617 students in grades pre-K through 5.

HOYLAND EL is one of 42 schools operated by SPRING ISD, a district that teaches 33,678 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOYLAND EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 45% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HOYLAND EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, HOYLAND EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which HOYLAND EL is one.

The closest other public school is RALPH EICKENROHT EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOYLAND EL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. HOYLAND EL's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 797 (now 617). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 28% to 45%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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