JAMES B HAVARD EL

JAMES B HAVARD EL is a medium-sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by GALENA PARK ISD. The school caters to 694 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% above the state mean of about 519.

Within GALENA PARK ISD, which oversees 26 schools and 20,862 students, JAMES B HAVARD EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JAMES B HAVARD EL records that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 20% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JAMES B HAVARD EL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JAMES B HAVARD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.3%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of +12.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which JAMES B HAVARD EL is one.

The closest other public school is NORTH SHORE MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JAMES B HAVARD EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES B HAVARD EL has changed only slightly, going from 690 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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