PINEY POINT EL

Located at 8921 PAGEWOOD LN, in HOUSTON, Texas, PINEY POINT EL is a well-populated elementary campus that hosts 1,286 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by HOUSTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 148% above typical.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), PINEY POINT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PINEY POINT EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Black, 7% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PINEY POINT EL has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PINEY POINT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which PINEY POINT EL is one.

KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINEY POINT EL. On composite proficiency, PINEY POINT EL comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 1,201 students in 2018 compared to 1,286 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 82% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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