SHADOWBRIAR EL

Located at 2650 SHADOWBRIAR DR, in HOUSTON, Texas, SHADOWBRIAR EL is a tight-knit K-5 school that instructs 334 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by HOUSTON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 519.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHADOWBRIAR EL logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 23% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at SHADOWBRIAR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SHADOWBRIAR EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.9%; SHADOWBRIAR EL posts 51.1%, +14.2 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $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. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), SHADOWBRIAR EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BUDEWIG INT, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SHADOWBRIAR EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SHADOWBRIAR EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 38%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 50% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the SHADOWBRIAR EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.