KASHMERE GARDENS EL

KASHMERE GARDENS EL is an elementary school of intimate scale in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, teacheing 329 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

HOUSTON ISD comprises 273 schools with combined enrollment of 176,727 students; KASHMERE GARDENS EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, KASHMERE GARDENS EL logs that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, KASHMERE GARDENS EL lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at KASHMERE GARDENS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, KASHMERE GARDENS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.9%; this one delivers 24.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), KASHMERE GARDENS EL is one campus in the mix.

ISAACS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 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 KASHMERE GARDENS EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. KASHMERE GARDENS EL's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 329). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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