📍 14400 Fern, Houston, Harris County, 77079
Thornwood el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 408 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sandra Houston. It is part of the Spring Branch Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thornwood el enrolls 408 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 30% Black or African American and 9.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 209 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 122 | 30% |
| White | 40 | 9.8% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 408 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 334 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thornwood 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 17, state house district 133.
Thornwood el is one of 49 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 32,668 students district-wide and employs 2,171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 408 students, Thornwood el is smaller than the district average of about 667 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large