Elementary · Texas
Thornwood El
Free meals for allThornwood El, a public elementary school in Houston, Texas: grades pre-k–5, 391 students, 15.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Spring Branch ISD.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 391
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.7
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared
More students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 74% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared
Smaller than 55% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Spring Branch ISD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Spring Branch ISD.
Location
- Address
- 14400 Fern, Houston, TX 77079
- Phone
- (713)251-7300
- City or town
- Houston
- County
- Harris County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 686 | 16.1 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 746 | 16.2 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 854 | 16.9 | |
Ray Daily ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 853 | 19.1 |
| Pre-K–5 | 793 | 16.0 | |
Sherwood ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 437 | 13.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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