NORTHGATE EL

As a mid-sized K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, NORTHGATE EL hosts 700 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under SPRING ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so NORTHGATE EL sits 35% above that benchmark.

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

On demographics, NORTHGATE EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NORTHGATE EL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NORTHGATE EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, NORTHGATE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 40.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), NORTHGATE EL is one campus in the mix.

SPRINGWOODS VILLAGE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHGATE EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHGATE EL has changed only slightly, going from 700 students in 2018 to 700 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 19% to 8% over that span.

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