KIRK EL

KIRK EL is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, serveing 743 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 519.

CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD runs 92 schools in total, collectively educating 117,927 students. KIRK EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, KIRK EL shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black, 7% Asian, 6% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, On paper, KIRK EL has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KIRK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, KIRK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 37.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate 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), KIRK EL is one campus in the mix.

LEE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIRK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIRK EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 952 students in 2018 compared to 743 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 59% to 70%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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