WILLBERN EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, WILLBERN EL is a sprawling elementary-level community, run under CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. It caters to 831 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 519.

WILLBERN EL is one of 92 schools operated by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, a district that works with 117,927 students overall.

On demographics, WILLBERN EL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 23% Black, 14% Asian, 7% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WILLBERN EL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, WILLBERN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which WILLBERN EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FRANCONE EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLBERN EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.9%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 884 students in 2018 compared to 831 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 16% to 23% over that span.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.