WALNUT BEND EL

WALNUT BEND EL operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 587 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, WALNUT BEND EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WALNUT BEND EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 39% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WALNUT BEND EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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, WALNUT BEND EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that 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), WALNUT BEND EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: REVERE MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WALNUT BEND EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

WALNUT BEND EL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. WALNUT BEND EL's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 742 (now 587). Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 34% to 39%.

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