BARBARA BENNETT EL

BARBARA BENNETT EL is a primary school of small scale in MANVEL, Texas, run under ALVIN ISD, educateing 333 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ALVIN ISD comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 30,038 students; BARBARA BENNETT EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, BARBARA BENNETT EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% White, 20% Black, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BARBARA BENNETT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Brazoria County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BARBARA BENNETT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Across the wider county, Brazoria County reports that median household income runs about $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brazoria County's 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), BARBARA BENNETT EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JACKIE DOUCET CAFFEY J H, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARBARA BENNETT EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

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