Enrollment
151
Elementary
DISTRICT 150 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY & CREATIVITY·NCES 480008610461
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell
1055 W TIDWELL RD, HOUSTON, TX 77091 · (713) 681-1960 · Harris County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
151 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 108% larger than its 6th grade class (12).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
31.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 17.0% | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 0.0% | 44.0% | 23.0% | 33.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell this school | 151 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| Accelerated Interdisciplinary Academy HOUSTON | 161 | 99.4% | 40.8% |
| Pleasantville Elementary School HOUSTON | 219 | 99.5% | 36.6% |
| Oak Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 215 | 96.7% | 12.3% |
| Humble Early Childhood Center HUMBLE | 140 | 87.9% | N/A |
| Clara Oliver Elementary School DALLAS | 251 | 96.8% | 30.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,277 of 4,401 | #306 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,357 of 4,466 ▼ 64 | #329 of 625 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #4,235 of 4,466 ▼ 1,255 | #607 of 625 ▼ 201 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #359 of 3,998 | #44 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 151 | #4,743 of 4,938 | #668 of 682 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 4,789 | #1 of 671 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
151
-28 (-16%) vs 2020
+82% since 2010-11, when it was 83
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 151 | 10.8 | 13.9:1 | 100% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 9.8 | 16.2:1 | 99% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 11.9 | 14.1:1 | 96% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 12 | 14.9:1 | 99% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 126 | 11.9 | 10.6:1 | 98% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 12 | 15.6:1 | 97% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 83 | 4 | 20.8:1 | 96% (80) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (126 to 151); teachers down 9% (11.9 to 10.8).
About Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell is a very small elementary school located in HOUSTON, Texas. It teaches 151 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 71% lower.
BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY & CREATIVITY has 2 schools; together they serve 300 students.
The student body at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell is 54% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% Black and 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell lists 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 1.2 students per teacher. About 100% of students at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Texas public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell is 31.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.5%.
Harris County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harris County's 1,205 public schools enroll about 886,911 students and include Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell.
Highland Hts Elementary School sits about 0.5 miles from Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell is 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). NCES lists Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell had a net loss of 28 students, or 16%.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
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- Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Bryan/ColElementary · 149 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
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- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Hts Elementary School0.5 mi · 441
- Williams Middle School0.6 mi · 352
- Durham Elementary School0.9 mi · 547
- Wesley Elementary School1.2 mi · 291
- Oak Forest Elementary School1.4 mi · 950
- Black Middle School1.4 mi · 1,364
Frequently asked questions
About Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity TidwellHow large is Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell?
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell enrolls approximately 151 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell serve?
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell is approximately 13.9:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell?
Student demographics at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell are roughly 3% White, 54% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell?
Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Tidwell is overseen by BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY & CREATIVITY in Harris County.
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