📍 2011 Solo St, Houston, Harris County, 77020
Atherton el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 433 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marlene Blandonohaka. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Atherton el enrolls 433 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Black or African American, 22% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 334 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 22% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
417 of the school's 433 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 416 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Atherton el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 13, state house district 142.
Atherton el is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 433 students, Atherton el is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large