 It was one of two schools enrolling zoned residents of the Housing Authority of the City of Houston or HACH (now Houston Housing Authority) public housing complex Allen Parkway Village.In the 1979-1980 school year, the school had 882 elementary students, with 553 (62.7%) being black, 184 (20.9%) being Hispanic, 137 (15.5%) being Asian, and eight (0.9%) being white.In a period before 1980, there were approximately 512 APV residents who were students at Gregory, making up about 37.6% of the total school enrollment.