BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL

As a very small elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL teaches 151 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY & CREATIVITY. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 71% below typical.

BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL is one of 2 schools operated by BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY & CREATIVITY, a district that instructs 300 students overall.

On demographics, BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, On paper, BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.2%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL is one.

The closest other public school is HIGHLAND HTS EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 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), BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. BRAZOS SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY TIDWELL's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 126 (now 151). Black enrollment moved from 65% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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