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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