As of 2012 the school used temporary buildings to house grades 3-8, as well as the library and technology laboratory, since the original building could not support the entire student body.
In late September 2007, HISD superintendent Abelardo Saavedra announced that HISD planned to seek the closure of Wharton Elementary by the 2009-2010 school year and move its program to either Gregory-Lincoln or Milam Elementary School; the latter would have been reopened as that campus was previously closed [REF].