CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE

Set in PORT BOLIVAR, Texas, CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE is a rural-scale elementary school, one of the schools within GALVESTON ISD. It caters to 131 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 75% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within GALVESTON ISD, which oversees 14 schools and 7,662 students, CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Galveston County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Galveston County) records that median household earnings sit near $86,105, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

The closest other public school is ROSENBERG EL LABORATORY FOR LEARNING AND LEADING, roughly 9.9 miles away. On composite proficiency, CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. CRENSHAW EL AND MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 156 (now 131). Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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