JESSUP EL

JESSUP EL operates as a modestly sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of PASADENA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 326 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 37% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, JESSUP EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, JESSUP EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Beyond that, the school reports 14% 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, JESSUP EL reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at JESSUP EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JESSUP EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), JESSUP EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BETA ACADEMY, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JESSUP EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. JESSUP EL's enrollment has shrank 52% since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 326). Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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