BROOKLINE EL

BROOKLINE EL is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD, with 580 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

BROOKLINE EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that caters to 176,727 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BROOKLINE EL records that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BROOKLINE EL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROOKLINE EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.6%; this one delivers 54.5%, a residual of +22.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BROOKLINE EL is one.

The closest other public school is GEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BROOKLINE EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 37%: 928 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025.

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