📍 17203 Hall Sheppard, Houston, Harris County, 77049
Sheldon el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 600 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marcy Jackson. It is part of the Sheldon Isd school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sheldon el enrolls 600 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 8.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 454 | 76% |
| Black or African American | 82 | 14% |
| White | 49 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
518 of the school's 600 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 470 qualify for free lunch and 48 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.
Sheldon 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-20, state senate district 15, state house district 142.
Sheldon el is one of 13 schools in SHELDON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 10,946 students district-wide and employs 654 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 600 students, Sheldon el is smaller than the district average of about 842 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large