GRIFFITH EL

GRIFFITH EL operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in CLUTE, Texas, one of the schools within BRAZOSPORT ISD. Current enrollment sits at 493 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Within BRAZOSPORT ISD, which oversees 18 schools and 11,169 students, GRIFFITH EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, GRIFFITH EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 15% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GRIFFITH EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Brazoria County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, GRIFFITH EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.3%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +5.7 points.

Across the wider county, Brazoria County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,993, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which GRIFFITH EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BRAZOSWOOD H S, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRIFFITH EL. On composite proficiency, GRIFFITH EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. GRIFFITH EL's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 493). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.