ZWINK EL

As a high-enrollment primary school in KLEIN, Texas, ZWINK EL enrolls 840 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by KLEIN ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ZWINK EL sits 62% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 50 schools in KLEIN ISD (52,437 students total), ZWINK EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ZWINK EL lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 19% Black, 19% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, ZWINK EL reports 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 63% of students at ZWINK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, ZWINK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.4%.

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%. ZWINK EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

FOX EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ZWINK EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 1,086 students in 2018 compared to 840 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 19% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.