MEMORIAL EL

MEMORIAL EL is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, caters to 474 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, MEMORIAL EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 12% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MEMORIAL EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MEMORIAL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MEMORIAL EL is one campus in the mix.

RIVER OAKS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MEMORIAL EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEMORIAL EL has rose 34%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 76% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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