📍 6745 Tipperary, Houston, Harris County, 77061
Lewis el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 714 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Enemencio Gomez. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lewis el enrolls 714 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Black or African American and 1.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 617 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 83 | 12% |
| White | 13 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
704 of the school's 714 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 695 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.
Lewis 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.
Lewis 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 714 students, Lewis 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