📍 3100 Teasley, Denton, Denton County, 76205
Houston el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Denton, Denton County. The school has 502 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tiffany Gonzalez. It is part of the Denton Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Houston el enrolls 502 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 226 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 79 | 16% |
| Asian | 47 | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 4.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
208 of the school's 502 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 172 qualify for free lunch and 36 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Houston el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 12, state house district 64.
Houston el is one of 45 schools in DENTON ISD, based in DENTON, Texas. The district serves 33,329 students district-wide and employs 2,416 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 502 students, Houston el is smaller than the district average of about 741 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize