📍 5302 Allendale Rd, Houston, Harris County, 77017
Patterson el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 921 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Luis Saenz. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Patterson el enrolls 921 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 49 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% Black or African American and 2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 847 | 92% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 5.3% |
| White | 18 | 2% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
879 of the school's 921 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 854 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Patterson 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 144.
Patterson 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 921 students, Patterson el is larger than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large