KETELSEN EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, KETELSEN EL is a modestly sized elementary-level community, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. It serves 382 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

KETELSEN EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that works with 176,727 students overall.

In terms of who attends, KETELSEN EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KETELSEN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at KETELSEN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, KETELSEN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.7%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of +7.6 points.

Across the wider county, 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%. KETELSEN EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: NORTHSIDE H S, around 0.3 miles off. 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), KETELSEN EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. KETELSEN EL's enrollment has edged down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 382). Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the KETELSEN EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.