Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002595
YOUNG EL
3555 BELLFORT AVE, HOUSTON, TX 77051 · (713) 732-3590 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
329 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
YOUNG EL→ATTUCKS MIDDLE
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +32.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +51.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 51 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
334
+37 (+12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.9:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
11%
was 14%
% Black
84%
was 83%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
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- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- ATTUCKS MIDDLE0.5 mi · 392
- WORTHING H S0.9 mi · 751
- WHIDBY EL0.9 mi · 369
- PRO-VISION MIDDLE1.2 mi · 140
- THE PRO-VISION ACADEMY1.2 mi · 212
- REYNOLDS EL1.3 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About YOUNG ELHow large is YOUNG EL?
YOUNG EL enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does YOUNG EL serve?
YOUNG EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at YOUNG EL?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at YOUNG EL.
How diverse is YOUNG EL?
YOUNG EL reports a student body of 2% White, 11% Hispanic, 84% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees YOUNG EL?
YOUNG EL is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.