CRAIN EL

CRAIN EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in VICTORIA, Texas, overseen by VICTORIA ISD. The school hosts 561 students in grades pre-K through 5.

CRAIN EL is one of 25 schools operated by VICTORIA ISD, a district that hosts 12,919 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CRAIN EL reports that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 5% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Victoria County (around 69%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CRAIN EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.6%; actual is 20.0%, a gap of -16.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Victoria County shows median household earnings sit near $70,896, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Victoria County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,160 students), of which CRAIN EL is one.

SHIELDS EL 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CRAIN EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CRAIN EL's enrollment has climbed 47% since 2018, when it stood at 381 (now 561). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 82% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the CRAIN EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.