Purple Sage Elementary School
Public elementary school in Houston, Texas · Galena Park ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Purple Sage Elementary School serves 428 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Houston (Harris County). It is one of 25 schools in Galena Park ISD. By enrollment it is the 3227th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 13.1 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than 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 ÷ 32.65 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Galena Park ISD |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482025021304 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Galena Park ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 428 | 20,862 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 13.1 | 15 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 91.8% | 88.8% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 21% 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.
Purple Sage Elementary School in context
Size
Purple Sage Elementary School is the smallest of Galena Park ISD's 15 elementary schools; its 428 students are 2.1% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 614; Purple Sage Elementary School is smaller 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 grade 2 with 70 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 40, against an average of 61 per grade. This year grade 5 has 14% more students than kindergarten (67 against 59). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 40 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 83.2% here and 82.1% across Galena Park ISD. Black students are next, at 14%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
91.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 88.8% across Galena Park ISD 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 32.65 full-time-equivalent teachers for 428 students, Purple Sage Elementary School has 13.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 428 students would have about 28.9 teachers, so Purple Sage Elementary School has 3.8 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Purple Sage Elementary School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other elementary school is Dr. Shirley J Williamson Elementary School, 1 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 121 other elementary schools, 39 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 | 83.2% |
| Black | 14% |
| White | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
51.4% of students are girls and 48.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 40 |
| Kindergarten | 59 |
| Grade 1 | 59 |
| Grade 2 | 70 |
| Grade 3 | 64 |
| Grade 4 | 69 |
| Grade 5 | 67 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
6500 Purple Sage Blvd, Houston, TX 77049
Phone: (832)386-3100
Website: galenaparkisd.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Purple Sage Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Shirley J Williamson Elementary School | Galena Park ISD | 1.0 mi | 621 | 14.3 | 85% |
| Tice Elementary School | Galena Park ISD | 1.1 mi | 669 | 15.7 | 91.3% |
| IDEA Lake Houston Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.1 mi | 719 | 23 | 88.5% |
| Royalwood Elementary School | Sheldon ISD | 1.2 mi | 607 | 15.1 | 90.1% |
| The Rhodes School - Humble | The Rhodes School for Performing Arts | 1.3 mi | 236 | 11.9 | 74.6% |
| The Rhodes School - Northshore Campus | The Rhodes School for Performing Arts | 1.3 mi | 200 | 11.7 | 78.5% |
| James B Havard Elementary School | Galena Park ISD | 1.6 mi | 694 | 15.2 | 83.9% |
| Green Valley Elementary School | Galena Park ISD | 1.9 mi | 565 | 12.4 | 94% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.