CENTRAL EL

Located at 429 E LOCUST ST, in ANGLETON, Texas, CENTRAL EL is a mid-tier K-5 school that instructs 533 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within ANGLETON ISD.

ANGLETON ISD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 7,105 students. CENTRAL EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CENTRAL EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 31% White, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brazoria County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CENTRAL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Brazoria County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,993 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which CENTRAL EL is one.

NORTHSIDE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRAL EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL EL has edged down 17%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 533 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 41% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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