DREW EL

Located at 223 RED OAK, in CROSBY, Texas, DREW EL is a moderately sized elementary campus that instructs 602 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within CROSBY ISD.

Across the 9 schools in CROSBY ISD (7,046 students total), DREW EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, DREW EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Black, 9% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DREW EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DREW EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -1.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which DREW EL is one.

BARRETT EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DREW EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DREW EL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DREW EL has expanded 24%, going from 487 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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