PONDEROSA EL

PONDEROSA EL is a mid-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within SPRING ISD. The school serves 740 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within SPRING ISD, which oversees 42 schools and 33,678 students, PONDEROSA EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PONDEROSA EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%; the rest is composed of 30% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PONDEROSA EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PONDEROSA EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.8%; this one comes in at 19.5%, -16.3 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), PONDEROSA EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HELEN MAJOR EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PONDEROSA EL. On composite proficiency, PONDEROSA EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.0%.

PONDEROSA EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PONDEROSA EL's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 714 (now 740). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 46% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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