YOUNG EL

YOUNG EL is an average-sized elementary campus in PASADENA, Texas, run under PASADENA ISD. The school teaches 545 students in grades pre-K through 4.

PASADENA ISD runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 46,491 students. YOUNG EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, YOUNG EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Other groups include 9% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at YOUNG EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YOUNG EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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: MILLER INT, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, YOUNG EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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