PETROSKY EL

PETROSKY EL is a mid-tier elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under ALIEF ISD. The school works with 515 students in grades pre-K through 4.

ALIEF ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 38,610 students; PETROSKY EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, PETROSKY EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black, 14% Asian, 10% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, PETROSKY EL lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PETROSKY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.8%; this one delivers 48.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PETROSKY EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is ALBRIGHT MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PETROSKY EL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. PETROSKY EL's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 515). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 32% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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