MATTHYS EL

MATTHYS EL is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in SOUTH HOUSTON, Texas, part of PASADENA ISD, hosting 457 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, MATTHYS EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MATTHYS EL records that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 3% White. 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, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MATTHYS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 36.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MATTHYS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is SOUTH HOUSTON INT, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATTHYS EL. On composite proficiency, MATTHYS EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 31%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the MATTHYS EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.