📍 503 W 21st St, Houston, Harris County, 77008
Helms el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 485 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alexander Gonzalez. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Helms el enrolls 485 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 4.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 380 | 78% |
| White | 64 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 485 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 263 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Helms 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 15, state house district 148.
Helms 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 485 students, Helms 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