LANTRIP EL

Located at 100 TELEPHONE RD, in HOUSTON, Texas, LANTRIP EL is an intimate primary school that hosts 405 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), LANTRIP EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LANTRIP EL reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 8% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, LANTRIP EL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LANTRIP EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.5%; actual is 56.7%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, 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%. LANTRIP EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

CAGE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LANTRIP EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 44%: 726 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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