📍 6500 Purple Sage Blvd, Houston, Harris County, 77049
Purple Sage el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 451 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michelle Cavazos. It is part of the Galena Park Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Purple Sage el enrolls 451 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 2.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 371 | 82% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 14% |
| White | 13 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
424 of the school's 451 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 411 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Purple Sage el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 15, state house district 142.
Purple Sage el is one of 25 schools in GALENA PARK ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 20,862 students district-wide and employs 1,424 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 451 students, Purple Sage el is smaller than the district average of about 834 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large