PUGH EL

Located at 1147 KRESS ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, PUGH EL is an intimate elementary-level community that educates 256 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 51% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, PUGH EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PUGH EL lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at PUGH EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PUGH EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.4%; PUGH EL posts 46.0%, +14.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), PUGH EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MCREYNOLDS MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PUGH EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PUGH EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 36.4%.

PUGH EL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 37%: 407 students in 2018 compared to 256 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.