📍 5100 Gulfton St, Houston, Harris County, 77081
Cunningham el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 554 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karen Harris. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cunningham el enrolls 554 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Hispanic or Latino, 19% Black or African American and 5.6% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 403 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 105 | 19% |
| Asian | 31 | 5.6% |
| White | 11 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
529 of the school's 554 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 520 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cunningham 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-70, state senate district 13, state house district 137.
Cunningham 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 554 students, Cunningham el is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large