SOUTH BELT EL

SOUTH BELT EL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in HOUSTON, Texas, run under PASADENA ISD, with 690 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 33% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 67 schools in PASADENA ISD (46,491 students total), SOUTH BELT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SOUTH BELT EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder breaks down as 18% Asian, 14% Black, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH BELT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.8%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SOUTH BELT EL is one.

THOMPSON INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH BELT EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH BELT EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 596 students in 2018 compared to 690 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 13% to 18% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.