REYNOLDS EL

REYNOLDS EL operates as a compact elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 301 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so REYNOLDS EL sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

REYNOLDS EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that hosts 176,727 students overall.

Demographically, REYNOLDS EL records that nearly all students (83%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, REYNOLDS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -10.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. REYNOLDS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

WORTHING H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), REYNOLDS EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at REYNOLDS EL has decreased 39%, going from 493 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 10% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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