📍 301 e Taft Ave, Harlingen, Cameron County, 78550
Houston el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harlingen, Cameron County. The school has 467 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Virginia Armstrong. It is part of the Harlingen Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Houston el enrolls 467 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 454 | 97% |
| White | 11 | 2.4% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
419 of the school's 467 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 397 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. 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, Small). 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 27, state house district 38.
Houston el is one of 31 schools in HARLINGEN CISD, based in HARLINGEN, Texas. The district serves 16,471 students district-wide and employs 1,197 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 467 students, Houston el is close to the district average of about 531 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small