SER-NINOS CHARTER EL

As a reasonably sized primary school in HOUSTON, Texas, SER-NINOS CHARTER EL educates 512 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL.

Across the 4 schools in SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL (1,193 students total), SER-NINOS CHARTER EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SER-NINOS CHARTER EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Other groups include 3% Asian. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, SER-NINOS CHARTER EL lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, SER-NINOS CHARTER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SER-NINOS CHARTER EL is one.

SER-NINOS CHARTER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SER-NINOS CHARTER EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The school occupies an urban site. SER-NINOS CHARTER EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. SER-NINOS CHARTER EL's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 512).

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