MILDRED JENKINS EL

MILDRED JENKINS EL operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in SPRING, Texas, part of SPRING ISD. Current enrollment sits at 603 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

SPRING ISD runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 33,678 students. MILDRED JENKINS EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MILDRED JENKINS EL logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 84% of students at MILDRED JENKINS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MILDRED JENKINS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put 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. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which MILDRED JENKINS EL is one.

DUEITT MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MILDRED JENKINS EL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 24.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 681 students in 2018 compared to 603 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 47% to 60% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.