LIESTMAN EL

LIESTMAN EL is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by ALIEF ISD, educateing 514 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 46 schools in ALIEF ISD (38,610 students total), LIESTMAN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LIESTMAN EL shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 26% Black, 12% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LIESTMAN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 44.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 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), LIESTMAN EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KILLOUGH MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LIESTMAN EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIESTMAN EL has shrank 38%, going from 823 students in 2018 to 514 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 51% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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