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KUJAWA EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KUJAWA EL
KUJAWA EL operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by ALDINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 562 students spanning grades 1 through 5.
ALDINE ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 56,419 students. KUJAWA EL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, KUJAWA EL lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% Black, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KUJAWA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -8.9 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that 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), KUJAWA EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is KUJAWA EC/PK/K, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KUJAWA EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.8%.
KUJAWA EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 42%: 971 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 34% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for KUJAWA EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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