C O CHANDLER EL

Located at 5105 GUY GRANT RD, in VICTORIA, Texas, C O CHANDLER EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school that hosts 456 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under VICTORIA ISD.

C O CHANDLER EL is one of 25 schools operated by VICTORIA ISD, a district that teaches 12,919 students overall.

On demographics, C O CHANDLER EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder reads as 20% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Victoria County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, C O CHANDLER EL has 33 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 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, C O CHANDLER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Across the wider county, Victoria County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,896 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. C O CHANDLER EL is one of 33 public schools in Victoria County (combined enrollment of about 14,160 students).

ROWLAND EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around C O CHANDLER EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C O CHANDLER EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 32.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. C O CHANDLER EL's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 592 (now 456). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 58% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.