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What's one thing MILNE EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364021036
MILNE EL
7800 PORTAL DR, HOUSTON, TX 77071 · (713) 778-3420 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
476 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
MILNE EL→WELCH MIDDLE
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
21.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
498
-84 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.2:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
57%
was 38%
% Black
40%
was 59%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MILNE EL
MILNE EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD. The school teaches 498 students in grades pre-K through 5.
MILNE EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that teaches 176,727 students overall.
On the student-mix side, MILNE EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school logs 40% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 96% of students are eligible 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 above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MILNE EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.1%; MILNE EL posts 17.9%, -14.3 points below that line.
Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MILNE EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: VALLEY WEST EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MILNE EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. MILNE EL's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 498). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 38% to 57% over that span.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- BELLAIRE H SHigh · 3,216 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,968 students
- WESTSIDE H SHigh · 2,729 students
- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- VALLEY WEST EL0.7 mi · 505
- HALPIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR0.8 mi · 302
- TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON SOUTHWEST0.9 mi · 410
- TINSLEY EL0.9 mi · 590
- WELCH MIDDLE1.0 mi · 547
- ELROD EL1.1 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About MILNE ELHow many students attend MILNE EL?
MILNE EL enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MILNE EL serve?
MILNE EL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MILNE EL have?
MILNE EL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MILNE EL?
At MILNE EL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 57% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MILNE EL?
MILNE EL is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
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