📍 1500 Main St, South Houston, Harris County, 77587
Matthys el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in South Houston, Harris County. The school has 496 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Erica Fernandez. It is part of the Pasadena Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Matthys el enrolls 496 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% White and 2.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 465 | 94% |
| White | 13 | 2.6% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 5 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
459 of the school's 496 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 424 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Matthys el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 6, state house district 145.
Matthys el is one of 67 schools in PASADENA ISD, based in PASADENA, Texas. The district serves 46,491 students district-wide and employs 3,821 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 496 students, Matthys el is smaller than the district average of about 694 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large