CARPENTER EL

CARPENTER EL operates as a sizable K-5 school in DEER PARK, Texas, operated by DEER PARK ISD. Current enrollment sits at 837 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CARPENTER EL sits 61% larger than that benchmark.

CARPENTER EL is one of 14 schools operated by DEER PARK ISD, a district that serves 12,165 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CARPENTER EL reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 27% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CARPENTER EL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, CARPENTER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 47.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which CARPENTER EL is one.

The closest other public school is BONNETTE J H, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARPENTER EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 853 students in 2018 compared to 837 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 41% to 27%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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