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JONES EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JONES EL
Set in HUMBLE, Texas, JONES EL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, run under ALDINE ISD. It enrolls 662 students across grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so JONES EL sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.
JONES EL is one of 76 schools operated by ALDINE ISD, a district that teaches 56,419 students overall.
Demographically, JONES EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%. The remainder is composed of 37% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, JONES EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 38.6%.
Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which JONES EL is one.
JONES EC/PK/K is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 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), JONES EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 33.1%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JONES EL has declined 23%, going from 859 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.
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