WHIDBY EL

Located at 7625 SPRINGHILL ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, WHIDBY EL is a modestly sized primary school that hosts 369 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. That puts it 29% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

HOUSTON ISD comprises 273 schools with combined enrollment of 176,727 students; WHIDBY EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, WHIDBY EL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 20% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WHIDBY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 WHIDBY EL is one.

The closest other public school is YOUNG EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WHIDBY EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 41%: 621 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.