MEYERPARK EL

MEYERPARK EL is a compact elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under MEYERPARK CHARTER. The school teaches 296 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 43% below typical.

MEYERPARK CHARTER is the operating authority for MEYERPARK EL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, MEYERPARK EL records that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MEYERPARK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which MEYERPARK EL is one.

ACCELERATED INTERDISCIPLINARY ACAD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEYERPARK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEYERPARK EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. MEYERPARK EL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEYERPARK EL has grew 21%, going from 245 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 22% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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