SCROGGINS EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, SCROGGINS EL is an intimate elementary campus, run under HOUSTON ISD. It caters to 287 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SCROGGINS EL sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), SCROGGINS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SCROGGINS EL records 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 considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SCROGGINS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 37.1%.

In the surrounding 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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SCROGGINS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: ELIOT EL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCROGGINS EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCROGGINS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCROGGINS EL has fell 49%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 287 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the SCROGGINS EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.