C J HARRIS EL

Located at 2314 SCHLEIDER DR, in PEARLAND, Texas, C J HARRIS EL is a moderately sized elementary school that hosts 549 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of PEARLAND ISD.

Within PEARLAND ISD, which oversees 24 schools and 20,862 students, C J HARRIS EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, C J HARRIS EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 29% White, 18% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, C J HARRIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of -2.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put the typical household earns roughly $97,993 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which C J HARRIS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PEARLAND J H EAST, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around C J HARRIS EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C J HARRIS EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C J HARRIS EL has contracted 14%, going from 637 students in 2018 to 549 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.