📍 17202 Butte Creek Rd, Houston, Harris County, 77090
Ponderosa el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 784 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shawn Nickerson. It is part of the Spring Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths.
Ponderosa el enrolls 784 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Hispanic or Latino, 34% Black or African American and 2.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 458 | 58% |
| Black or African American | 269 | 34% |
| White | 20 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
700 of the school's 784 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 629 qualify for free lunch and 71 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ponderosa 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 7, state house district 150.
Ponderosa el is one of 42 schools in SPRING ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 33,590 students district-wide and employs 2,262 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 784 students, Ponderosa el is close to the district average of about 800 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large