LOWERY EL

LOWERY EL is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in HOUSTON, Texas, run under CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, serveing 660 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 117,927 students; LOWERY EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, LOWERY EL shows that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White, 14% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LOWERY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 57.5%, a residual of +9.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LOWERY EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: LABAY MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOWERY EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. LOWERY EL's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 941 (now 660). The White share of enrollment fell from 38% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the LOWERY EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.