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Houston, TX
PublicElementary · Grades K–4
Accountability rating
Texas Education Agency
D rating for 2025, with a score of 69.
| Measure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | F53 | F59 | D69 |
| Student achievement | F48 | F53 | F53 |
| School progress | D60 | F58 | C73 |
| Academic growth | D60 | F58 | C73 |
| Relative performance | F50 | F55 | F55 |
| Closing the gaps | F35 | C70 | D67 |
The overall score counts the better of student achievement and school progress for 70%, and closing the gaps for 30%. School progress is the better of its two parts.
Distinctions, 2025
- Earned
- None
- Not earned
- ELA/reading, Mathematics, Comparative academic growth, Comparative closing the gaps, Postsecondary readiness
Discipline
U.S. Department of Education
0.3% of students were suspended out of school at least once in 2023–24.
| Measure | 2021–22 | 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Enrolled in the fall | 672 | 638 |
| Suspended out of school | 0.0% · 0 | 0.3% · 2 |
| Suspended in school | 1.9% · 13 | 0.0% · 0 |
| Expelled | 0.0% · 0 | 0.0% · 0 |
School Profile
Location
City, Large
Enrollment
638 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
12:1
Demographics
Hispanic/Latino84.6%
White0.9%
Black or African American12.1%
Asian1.4%
Two or More Races0.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0.5%
Public school directory
NCES ID 480783021293
- District
- Alief Isd
- Status
- Open
- School category
- Regular School
- Charter
- No
- Virtual instruction
- Unknown
- Enrollment
- 638 students
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.7
Sources
- NCES Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2023–24
- Texas A–F Accountability Ratings · Texas Education Agency · 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- Civil Rights Data Collection · U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights · 2021–22, 2023–24