SHELDON EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY

SHELDON EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY is a moderately sized primary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within SHELDON ISD. The school teaches 562 students in grades pre-K through 1.

Across the 14 schools in SHELDON ISD (10,946 students total), SHELDON EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SHELDON EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 26% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. SHELDON EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: SHELDON EL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. SHELDON EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 562). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 16% to 26%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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