WOODLAND ACRES EL

Located at 12936 SARAH LN, in HOUSTON, Texas, WOODLAND ACRES EL is an average-sized K-5 school that caters to 458 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under GALENA PARK ISD.

WOODLAND ACRES EL is one of 26 schools operated by GALENA PARK ISD, a district that educates 20,862 students overall.

On demographics, WOODLAND ACRES EL records that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 7% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 84% 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 meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WOODLAND ACRES EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 51.1%.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WOODLAND ACRES EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is WOODLAND ACRES MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WOODLAND ACRES EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

WOODLAND ACRES EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 469 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 93% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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