MARTINEZ C EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, MARTINEZ C EL is a compact K-5 school, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. It instructs 271 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MARTINEZ C EL sits 48% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, MARTINEZ C EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 46% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, MARTINEZ C EL shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at MARTINEZ C EL qualify 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARTINEZ C EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.2%; this one delivers 17.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MARTINEZ C EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

LOOSCAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARTINEZ C EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 46%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 37% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.