Gleason Elementary School

Size

Of the 59 elementary schools in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Gleason Elementary School is the 25th largest, with 0.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.9 miles away and have a median of 815 students, so Gleason Elementary School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 5 with 154 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 76, against an average of 134 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 148 in kindergarten and 154 in grade 5. It also enrolls 76 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 55.2% of enrollment, a higher share than across Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (45.8%). White students are next, at 15.4%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 58.8% across Cypress-Fairbanks ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Gleason Elementary School has 55.44 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 940 students would have about 63.5 teachers, so Gleason Elementary School has 8.1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is Bang Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 25 elementary schools within 5 miles and 147 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.