📍 1701 S Hall St, Ennis, Ellis County, 75119
Houston el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ennis, Ellis County. The school has 302 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joey Nichols. It is part of the Ennis Isd school district. It serves grades 1–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Houston el enrolls 302 students across grades 1–3. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 23% White and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 196 | 65% |
| White | 68 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
233 of the school's 302 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 202 qualify for free lunch and 31 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 a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-60, state senate district 22, state house district 10.
Houston el is one of 11 schools in ENNIS ISD, based in ENNIS, Texas. The district serves 6,646 students district-wide and employs 433 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 302 students, Houston el is smaller than the district average of about 604 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant