SHADYDALE EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, SHADYDALE EL is a medium-sized K-5 school, part of HOUSTON ISD. It educates 576 students across grades K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, SHADYDALE EL logs that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 44% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SHADYDALE EL shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 97% of students at SHADYDALE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SHADYDALE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.7%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. SHADYDALE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

FOREST BROOK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 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 SHADYDALE EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.6%.

SHADYDALE EL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 39%: 952 students in 2018 compared to 576 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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