PEARL HALL EL

PEARL HALL EL, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in SO HOUSTON, Texas, operated by PASADENA ISD, enrolls 571 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

PEARL HALL EL is one of 67 schools operated by PASADENA ISD, a district that educates 46,491 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PEARL HALL EL lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at PEARL HALL EL qualify 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 demographically-adjusted basis, PEARL HALL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), PEARL HALL EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTH HOUSTON H S, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PEARL HALL EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PEARL HALL EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 751 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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