📍 12583 S Gessner Dr, Houston, Harris County, 77071
Gross el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 481 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tracie Hart-jackson. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gross el enrolls 481 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 42% Black or African American and 3.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 253 | 53% |
| Black or African American | 202 | 42% |
| Asian | 15 | 3.1% |
| White | 6 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 481 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 460 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gross 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.
Gross 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 481 students, Gross 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