📍 8301 Neff St, Houston, Harris County, 77036
Neff el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 749 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mahalet Negussie. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades 2–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Neff el enrolls 749 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% Black or African American and 6% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 631 | 84% |
| Black or African American | 53 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 45 | 6% |
| White | 17 | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
724 of the school's 749 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 715 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.
Neff 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 137.
Neff 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 749 students, Neff 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