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ALVIN EL
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALVIN EL
As a reasonably sized elementary school in ALVIN, Texas, ALVIN EL enrolls 724 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within ALVIN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 39% above the state mean of about 519.
ALVIN ISD comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 30,038 students; ALVIN EL is among them.
On demographics, ALVIN EL shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 26% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.
On the resource side, ALVIN EL reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brazoria County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, ALVIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Brazoria County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Brazoria County's 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), ALVIN EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ALVIN J H, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ALVIN EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.
ALVIN EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 38%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 724 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Brazoria County at a glance
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