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What's something C J HARRIS EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARLAND ISD·NCES 483444003862
C J Harris Elementary School
2314 SCHLEIDER DR, PEARLAND, TX 77581 · (281) 485-4024 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
14.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
270 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 32% smaller than its 4th grade class (120).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 83.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 C J Harris Elementary School
C J Harris Elementary School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C J Harris Elementary School this school | 549 | 49.2% | 53.9% |
| Slaughter Elementary School MCKINNEY | 554 | 50.2% | 51.2% |
| Gattis Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 610 | 49.8% | 45.4% |
| Herfurth Elementary School ROWLETT | 590 | 46.6% | 53.7% |
| Lemm Elementary School KLEIN | 618 | 47.6% | 49.3% |
| Haude Elementary School KLEIN | 532 | 51.3% | 57.8% |
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 C J Harris Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #1,138 of 4,401 | #24 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,424 of 4,466 ▲ 320 | #29 of 52 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,772 of 4,466 ▼ 903 | #38 of 52 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -19.5pp | #81 of 3,998 | #1 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #2,049 of 4,938 | #34 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,733 of 4,622 | #18 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #529 of 4,628 | #14 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #3,614 of 4,789 | #36 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #1,707 of 2,838 | #15 of 34 |
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
549
-67 (-11%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 549 | 38.6 | 14.2:1 | 49% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 37.5 | 15.8:1 | 50% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 38.1 | 14.7:1 | 53% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 46% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 39.8 | 16.0:1 | 38% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 29% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 27% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 14% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 38 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C J Harris Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (637 to 549); teachers down 3% (39.8 to 38.6).
About C J Harris Elementary School
In PEARLAND, Texas, C J Harris Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 549 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
PEARLAND ISD counts 20,862 students in its 24 schools, and C J Harris Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students form the largest group at C J Harris Elementary School, 42% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 29% White, 18% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Brazoria County's population at about 32%. C J Harris Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.2:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 49%. That is close to the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County.
allk12 grades C J Harris Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at C J Harris Elementary School are 1.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.9% actual, 52.7% predicted).
C J Harris Elementary School is located in Brazoria County, where median household income is about $97,993, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 115 public schools in Brazoria County, with a combined enrollment of about 75,767.
Nearest public school: Pearland J H East, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. C J Harris Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place C J Harris Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 616 in 2020-21 and 549 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
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Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARLAND ISD
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
- Leon H Sablatura Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Berry Miller Junior High SchoolMiddle · 827 students
Other schools in PEARLAND
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
Nearby schools
- Pearland J H East0.3 mi · 801
- Pace Center0.4 mi · 96
- Pearland J H West0.5 mi · 941
- Leon H Sablatura Middle School0.6 mi · 878
- Horizon Montessori Pearland - STEM Academy0.7 mi · 216
- Alexander Middle School1.0 mi · 765
Frequently asked questions
About C J Harris Elementary SchoolHow many students attend C J Harris Elementary School?
C J Harris Elementary School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does C J Harris Elementary School serve?
C J Harris Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does C J Harris Elementary School have?
C J Harris Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at C J Harris Elementary School?
Student demographics at C J Harris Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 42% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is C J Harris Elementary School in?
C J Harris Elementary School is part of PEARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.