BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER

BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER is a tight-knit K-5 school in BRENHAM, Texas, part of BRENHAM ISD. The school works with 242 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER sits 53% below that benchmark.

BRENHAM ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,872 students. BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 34% Black, 19% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER higher than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Washington County's rate of about 58%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $77,825, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Washington County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students), of which BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALTON EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around BRENHAM EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 266 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 51% to 41%. Class-load math has widened: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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