BLACKSHEAR EL

BLACKSHEAR EL, a mid-sized elementary school in KLEIN, Texas, run under KLEIN ISD, teaches 722 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

Within KLEIN ISD, which oversees 50 schools and 52,437 students, BLACKSHEAR EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BLACKSHEAR EL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 20% White, 13% Black, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BLACKSHEAR EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLACKSHEAR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of +11.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BLACKSHEAR EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: KOHRVILLE EL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BLACKSHEAR EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 1,042 students in 2018 compared to 722 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 43% to 53%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.