📍 321 Forest Hill, Houston, Harris County, 77011
Briscoe el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 193 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carolos Rodriguez. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Briscoe el enrolls 193 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 186 | 96% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 3.1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
183 of the school's 193 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 180 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Briscoe 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 6, state house district 143.
Briscoe 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 193 students, Briscoe 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