Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002497
ISAACS EL
3830 PICKFAIR ST, HOUSTON, TX 77026 · (713) 671-4120 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
238 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
30.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
241
-55 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 15.6:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
68%
was 62%
% Black
29%
was 37%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ISAACS EL
ISAACS EL, a compact K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, works with 241 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 54% leaner than the state mean of about 519.
ISAACS EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that serves 176,727 students overall.
On the student-mix side, ISAACS EL shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 29% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ISAACS EL has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ISAACS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ISAACS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.
Zooming out to the county, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ISAACS EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: FLEMING MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ISAACS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ISAACS EL has edged down 19%, going from 296 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 37% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- FLEMING MIDDLE0.2 mi · 319
- BLESSED KIDZ0.5 mi · 5
- KASHMERE GARDENS EL0.7 mi · 329
- DOGAN EL0.9 mi · 448
- ATHERTON EL1.1 mi · 450
- ELIOT EL1.2 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About ISAACS ELHow large is ISAACS EL?
ISAACS EL enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ISAACS EL serve?
ISAACS EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does ISAACS EL have?
ISAACS EL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is ISAACS EL?
ISAACS EL reports a student body of 2% White, 68% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ISAACS EL?
ISAACS EL is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.