PINE SHADOWS EL

Located at 9900 NEUENS, in HOUSTON, Texas, PINE SHADOWS EL is a well-populated K-5 school that hosts 859 students (grades K through 5), overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD. That puts it 66% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SPRING BRANCH ISD runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,793 students. PINE SHADOWS EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PINE SHADOWS EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest reads as 15% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PINE SHADOWS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.4%; this one delivers 44.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, 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 PINE SHADOWS EL is one.

SPRING WOODS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINE SHADOWS EL. On composite proficiency, PINE SHADOWS EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINE SHADOWS EL has edged up 14%, going from 755 students in 2018 to 859 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 84% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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