LAW EL

LAW EL is one of the small primary schools in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, with 426 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, LAW EL logs that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment; the rest looks like 34% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, LAW EL records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LAW EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 23.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), LAW EL is one campus in the mix.

REVE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAW EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAW EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

LAW EL operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. LAW EL's enrollment has decreased 47% since 2018, when it stood at 797 (now 426). Black enrollment moved from 65% to 60% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.