CARVER EL

CARVER EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in BAYTOWN, Texas, part of GOOSE CREEK CISD. The school caters to 566 students in grades K through 5.

GOOSE CREEK CISD comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 24,032 students; CARVER EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARVER EL shows that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARVER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 27.8%.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. CARVER EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: BOB HOPE EL SCHOOL-BAYTOWN, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARVER EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARVER EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARVER EL has decreased 23%, going from 736 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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