TURNER EL

As a mid-sized K-5 school in PASADENA, Texas, TURNER EL instructs 526 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by PASADENA ISD.

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

Demographically, TURNER EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%; the rest looks like 18% White, 8% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TURNER EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TURNER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), TURNER EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BONDY INT, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TURNER EL. On composite proficiency, TURNER EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

TURNER EL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. TURNER EL's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 633 (now 526). The White share of enrollment fell from 26% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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