ALTON EL

ALTON EL is a mid-sized elementary school in BRENHAM, Texas, overseen by BRENHAM ISD. The school educates 460 students in grades K through 4.

Within BRENHAM ISD, which oversees 7 schools and 4,872 students, ALTON EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ALTON EL logs that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 33% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, On paper, ALTON EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 57% of students at ALTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALTON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 46.8%.

In the area at large, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $77,825, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. ALTON EL is one of 10 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students).

The closest other public school is BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around ALTON EL. On composite proficiency, ALTON EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALTON EL has contracted 3%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 29% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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