BARROW EL

BARROW EL is a close-knit primary school in BRAZORIA, Texas, run under COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD. The school enrolls 360 students in grades 2 through 5. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,871 students; BARROW EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BARROW EL logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at BARROW EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Brazoria County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BARROW EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 37.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Brazoria County shows median household earnings sit near $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), BARROW EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WEST BRAZOS J H, roughly 1.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARROW EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 37%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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