NORTHAMPTON EL

Set in KLEIN, Texas, NORTHAMPTON EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus, overseen by KLEIN ISD. It teaches 623 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 50 schools in KLEIN ISD (52,437 students total), NORTHAMPTON EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, NORTHAMPTON EL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NORTHAMPTON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at NORTHAMPTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, NORTHAMPTON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 52.3%.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which NORTHAMPTON EL is one.

The closest other public school is KLEIN OAK H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHAMPTON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHAMPTON EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 623 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 5% to 11% over that span.

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