CHARLTON-POLLARD EL

As a mid-tier K-5 school in BEAUMONT, Texas, CHARLTON-POLLARD EL caters to 502 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within BEAUMONT ISD.

BEAUMONT ISD runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 16,336 students. CHARLTON-POLLARD EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CHARLTON-POLLARD EL records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 24% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 33% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CHARLTON-POLLARD EL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at CHARLTON-POLLARD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHARLTON-POLLARD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.6%, the actual is 23.5%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $60,026, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. CHARLTON-POLLARD EL is one of 92 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students).

PATHWAYS LEARNING CTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 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), CHARLTON-POLLARD EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 21.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 67% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for CHARLTON-POLLARD EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.