📍 7475 Westover St, Houston, Harris County, 77087
Cornelius el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 756 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Monica Rojas. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cornelius el enrolls 756 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 46 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Black or African American and 1.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 648 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 87 | 12% |
| White | 9 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
699 of the school's 756 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 677 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.
Cornelius 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 147.
Cornelius 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 756 students, Cornelius el is larger than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large