📍 5800 Southmund St, Houston, Harris County, 77033
Kelso el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 397 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Jackson. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Kelso el enrolls 397 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 37% Black or African American and 1.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 245 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 146 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.3% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
394 of the school's 397 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 383 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kelso 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 13, state house district 147.
Kelso 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 397 students, Kelso 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