JANOWSKI EL

JANOWSKI EL is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD, hosting 395 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. JANOWSKI EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, JANOWSKI EL reports that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 3% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JANOWSKI EL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, JANOWSKI EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.5%; actual is 48.0%, +15.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 JANOWSKI EL is one.

NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JANOWSKI EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. JANOWSKI EL's enrollment has contracted 33% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 395).

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