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What do students at MORALES EL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432001447
MORALES EL
305 W HARRIS AVE, PASADENA, TX 77506 · (713) 740-0664 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
356 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
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
379
-140 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 14.0:1
% White
2%
was 4%
% Hispanic
94%
was 95%
% Black
3%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MORALES EL
Located at 305 W HARRIS AVE, in PASADENA, Texas, MORALES EL is a tight-knit elementary school that enrolls 379 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by PASADENA ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 519.
Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, MORALES EL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MORALES EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at MORALES EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MORALES EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.6%; MORALES EL posts 48.2%, +14.6 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. MORALES EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY PASADENA, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MORALES EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MORALES EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.3%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORALES EL has contracted 27%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.
On this page, members of the MORALES EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 PASADENA ISD
- DOBIE H SHigh · 3,692 students
- PASADENA MEMORIAL H SHigh · 3,177 students
- SAM RAYBURN H SHigh · 2,627 students
- PASADENA H SHigh · 2,217 students
- SOUTH HOUSTON H SHigh · 2,185 students
- DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H SCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- PASADENA MEMORIAL H SHigh · 3,177 students
- SAM RAYBURN H SHigh · 2,627 students
- PASADENA H SHigh · 2,217 students
- BONDY INTMiddle · 933 students
- MILLER INTMiddle · 780 students
- FAIRMONT ELElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY PASADENA0.6 mi · 123
- RICHEY EL0.6 mi · 505
- DE ZAVALA MIDDLE0.7 mi · 457
- JACKSON INT0.9 mi · 527
- KRUSE EL0.9 mi · 408
- PASADENA H S0.9 mi · 2,217
Frequently asked questions
About MORALES ELHow large is MORALES EL?
MORALES EL enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-04.
Is MORALES EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MORALES EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does MORALES EL have?
MORALES EL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MORALES EL?
At MORALES EL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is MORALES EL in?
MORALES EL is part of PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.