CRENSHAW EL

CRENSHAW EL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in CHANNELVIEW, Texas, one of the schools within CHANNELVIEW ISD, with 482 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

CHANNELVIEW ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,335 students; CRENSHAW EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, CRENSHAW EL shows that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 7% White. 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, On paper, CRENSHAW EL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CRENSHAW EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 25.1%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), CRENSHAW EL is one campus in the mix.

CHANNELVIEW H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 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), CRENSHAW EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 616 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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