📍 7185 Santa Fe, Houston, Harris County, 77061
Garden Villas el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Imelda Andre. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Garden Villas el enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 1.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 275 | 74% |
| Black or African American | 87 | 24% |
| White | 7 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
336 of the school's 370 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 327 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.
Garden Villas 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.
Garden Villas 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 370 students, Garden Villas 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