ROOSEVELT EL

ROOSEVELT EL is one of the cozy elementary campuss in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by HOUSTON ISD, with 385 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. ROOSEVELT EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ROOSEVELT EL shows that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Black, 2% 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, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ROOSEVELT EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROOSEVELT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.6%; this one delivers 45.0%.

In the broader community, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), ROOSEVELT EL is one campus in the mix.

HERRERA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROOSEVELT EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROOSEVELT EL has ticked down 41%, going from 657 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025.

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