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Enrollment
816
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARLAND ISD·NCES 483444003861
E A Lawhon Elementary School
5810 BROOKSIDE RD, PEARLAND, TX 77581 · (281) 412-1445 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL816 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
489 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 72 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 176 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (176).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 44.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like E A Lawhon Elementary School
E A Lawhon Elementary School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E A Lawhon Elementary School this school | 816 | 59.9% | 58.7% |
| Bryan Lowe Elementary School HOCKLEY | 839 | 58.8% | 47.3% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School NEDERLAND | 717 | 62.1% | 65.8% |
| Williams Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 729 | 61.3% | 25.9% |
| Gleason Elementary School HOUSTON | 940 | 64.1% | 51.5% |
| Bernshausen Elementary School KLEIN | 695 | 61.6% | 51.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where E A Lawhon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #835 of 4,401 | #17 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,887 of 4,466 ▼ 488 | #39 of 52 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,659 of 4,466 ▼ 441 | #32 of 52 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,362 of 3,998 | #29 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 816 | #397 of 4,938 | #3 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,252 of 4,622 | #27 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #1,615 of 4,628 | #37 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #3,118 of 4,789 | #28 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #2,834 of 2,838 | #34 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
816
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 816 | 55.2 | 14.8:1 | 60% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 55.1 | 14.8:1 | 64% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 55.8 | 15.0:1 | 60% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 57% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 818 | 53.3 | 15.3:1 | 56% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 50% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 56% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 37 | 13.0:1 | 42% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 54 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E A Lawhon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (818 to 816); teachers up 3% (53.3 to 55.2).
About E A Lawhon Elementary School
E A Lawhon Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of PEARLAND, Texas. The school counted 816 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 4. That is 57% above the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
PEARLAND ISD counts 20,862 students in its 24 schools, and E A Lawhon Elementary School is one of them.
At E A Lawhon Elementary School, 61% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 17% White, 9% Black, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Brazoria County is about 32% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, E A Lawhon Elementary School scores 58%.
The school had 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. The school reported 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Brazoria County is 10 points.
Among Texas public elementary schools, E A Lawhon Elementary School outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, E A Lawhon Elementary School is 10.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
For Brazoria County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,993, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 115 public schools in the county, enrolling about 75,767, E A Lawhon Elementary School among them.
Sam Jamison Middle School sits about 2.1 miles from E A Lawhon Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, E A Lawhon Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes E A Lawhon Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 795 to 816.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARLAND ISD
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
- Leon H Sablatura Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Berry Miller Junior High SchoolMiddle · 827 students
Other schools in PEARLAND
- Pearland High SchoolHigh · 3,412 students
- Shadow Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,599 students
- Glenda Dawson High SchoolHigh · 2,569 students
- Robert Turner College and Career High SchoolHigh · 1,128 students
- Dr Ronald E McNair Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,034 students
- Pearland J H WestMiddle · 941 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Jamison Middle School2.1 mi · 728
- Glenda Dawson High School2.1 mi · 2,569
- H C Carleston Elementary School2.4 mi · 714
- Frost Elementary School2.5 mi · 402
- Rogers Middle School2.6 mi · 721
- Barbara Cockrell Elementary School2.7 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About E A Lawhon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at E A Lawhon Elementary School?
E A Lawhon Elementary School enrolls approximately 816 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does E A Lawhon Elementary School serve?
E A Lawhon Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does E A Lawhon Elementary School have?
E A Lawhon Elementary School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is E A Lawhon Elementary School?
E A Lawhon Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 61% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is E A Lawhon Elementary School in?
E A Lawhon Elementary School is part of PEARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.