YOUNG EL

YOUNG EL is a modestly sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD. The school works with 334 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

YOUNG EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that works with 176,727 students overall.

On the student-mix side, YOUNG EL records that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, YOUNG EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.9%; this one delivers 45.6%, a residual of +14.7 points.

Around the school, 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 YOUNG EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ATTUCKS MIDDLE, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOUNG EL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 32.8%.

YOUNG EL operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 297 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the YOUNG EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.