YOUENS EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, YOUENS EL is a mid-sized elementary campus, part of ALIEF ISD. It works with 675 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 46 schools in ALIEF ISD (38,610 students total), YOUENS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, YOUENS EL shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 9% Black, 9% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, YOUENS EL records 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YOUENS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. YOUENS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALIEF MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOUENS EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.2%.

YOUENS EL operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 916 students in 2018 compared to 675 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 70% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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