📍 14404 Waterloo Dr, Houston, Harris County, 77045
Petersen el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 376 pupils enrolled. The Principal is John Aleman. 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 13.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Petersen el enrolls 376 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 1.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 287 | 76% |
| Black or African American | 78 | 21% |
| White | 5 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
359 of the school's 376 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 357 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Petersen 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 131.
Petersen 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 376 students, Petersen 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