Houston Elementary School
Public elementary school in Harlingen, Texas · Harlingen CISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Houston Elementary School serves 420 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Harlingen (Cameron County). It is one of 28 schools in Harlingen CISD. By enrollment it is the 3304th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 14.7 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 28.61 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Harlingen CISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482253002285 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Harlingen CISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 420 | 16,471 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 90.7% | 76.7% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 48% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Houston Elementary School in context
Size
Houston Elementary School is the 7th largest of Harlingen CISD's 18 elementary schools; its 420 students are 2.5% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 315; Houston Elementary School is larger than most of them.
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 pre-K with 88 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 45, against an average of 60 per grade. This year grade 5 has 29% more students than kindergarten (67 against 52). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 88 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 97.1% here and 94.6% across Harlingen CISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
90.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 76.7% across Harlingen CISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 28.61 full-time-equivalent teachers for 420 students, Houston Elementary School has 14.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 420 students would have about 28.4 teachers, so Houston Elementary School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Houston Elementary School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other elementary school is Bowie Elementary School, 0.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 35 other elementary schools, 21 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 97.1% |
| White | 2.1% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |
49.3% of students are girls and 50.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 88 |
| Kindergarten | 52 |
| Grade 1 | 45 |
| Grade 2 | 51 |
| Grade 3 | 65 |
| Grade 4 | 52 |
| Grade 5 | 67 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
301 E Taft Ave, Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone: (956)427-3110
Website: hcisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Houston Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 0.5 mi | 335 | 16.2 | 93.4% |
| Travis Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 0.7 mi | 294 | 16.9 | 98% |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 1.1 mi | 259 | 15.1 | 94.2% |
| Lamar Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 1.2 mi | 401 | 14.2 | 88.5% |
| Ben Milam Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 1.4 mi | 389 | 17.1 | 97.2% |
| Austin Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 1.6 mi | 295 | 14 | 87.1% |
| Horizon Montessori III - STEM Academy | Horizon Montessori Public Schools | 1.7 mi | 291 | 15 | 70.8% |
| Bonham Elementary School | Harlingen CISD | 1.7 mi | 504 | 16.7 | 90.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.