OAK FOREST EL

Located at 1401 W 43RD ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, OAK FOREST EL is a large K-5 school that hosts 950 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 83% above the state mean of about 519.

OAK FOREST EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that enrolls 176,727 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OAK FOREST EL shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting OAK FOREST EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OAK FOREST EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.9%; this one delivers 74.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate 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), OAK FOREST EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BLACK MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK FOREST EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. OAK FOREST EL's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 874 (now 950). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 37% to 25%.

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