📍 7500 Braes Blvd, Houston, Harris County, 77025
Twain el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 907 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michele Rawson. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 73% of students are proficient in reading. 70% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Twain el enrolls 907 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 346 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 200 | 22% |
| Asian | 149 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 139 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 72 | 7.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
180 of the school's 907 students (20%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 166 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Twain el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-70, state senate district 17, state house district 134.
Twain 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 907 students, Twain 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