📍 2515 Old Farm Rd, Houston, Harris County, 77063
Mark White el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 640 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Courtney Riley. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mark White el enrolls 640 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Black or African American and 18% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 262 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 164 | 26% |
| White | 118 | 18% |
| Asian | 68 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
472 of the school's 640 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 470 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.
Mark White 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-70, state senate district 17, state house district 133.
Mark White 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 640 students, Mark White el is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large