JEFFERSON EL

JEFFERSON EL, a modestly sized elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD, teaches 330 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so JEFFERSON EL sits 36% below that benchmark.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), JEFFERSON EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, JEFFERSON EL shows that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, JEFFERSON EL records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JEFFERSON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 JEFFERSON EL is one.

BROWNING EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JEFFERSON EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.9%.

JEFFERSON EL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 330 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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