PINEFOREST EL

PINEFOREST EL is a mid-tier elementary school in HUMBLE, Texas, overseen by HUMBLE ISD. The school instructs 610 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 50 schools in HUMBLE ISD (48,502 students total), PINEFOREST EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PINEFOREST EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% White, 21% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PINEFOREST EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINEFOREST EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put 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%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which PINEFOREST EL is one.

The closest other public school is MAPLEBROOK EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINEFOREST EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PINEFOREST EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. PINEFOREST EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 610). White enrollment moved from 55% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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