PECK EL

PECK EL, a small elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD, teaches 288 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PECK EL sits 45% below that benchmark.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, PECK EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PECK EL logs that Black students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder is composed of 40% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PECK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PECK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that 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%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which PECK EL is one.

The closest other public school is KIPP LIBERATION COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PECK EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PECK EL has edged down 46%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 288 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 54% to 40%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.