MCNAMARA EL

As a substantial elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, MCNAMARA EL hosts 916 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

MCNAMARA EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that enrolls 176,727 students overall.

Demographically, MCNAMARA EL shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 21% Asian, 8% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MCNAMARA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 41.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $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. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MCNAMARA EL is one campus in the mix.

ENERGIZED FOR STEM ACADEMY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCNAMARA EL. On composite proficiency, MCNAMARA EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 928 students in 2018 compared to 916 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 11% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the MCNAMARA EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.