EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

Located at 401 GLENMORE, in PASADENA, Texas, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is a tight-knit primary school that instructs 250 students (grades pre-K through 1), overseen by DEER PARK ISD. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

DEER PARK ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 12,165 students; EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment; the rest reads as 18% White, 4% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, On paper, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

DEEPWATER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER's enrollment has shrank 39% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 250). The White share of enrollment edged down from 33% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.