PURPLE SAGE EL

As a compact elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, PURPLE SAGE EL enrolls 428 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within GALENA PARK ISD.

Within GALENA PARK ISD, which oversees 26 schools and 20,862 students, PURPLE SAGE EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PURPLE SAGE EL shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 14% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PURPLE SAGE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, PURPLE SAGE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), PURPLE SAGE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PURPLE SAGE EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 548 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 74% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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