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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at GRIFFITH EL this year?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRAZOSPORT ISD·NCES 481119006826
Griffith Elementary School
101 LEXINGTON ST, CLUTE, TX 77531 · (979) 730-7180 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
311 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 73 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (85).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 32.0% | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 31.0% | 27.0% | 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 | 56.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Griffith Elementary School
Griffith Elementary School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith Elementary School this school | 493 | 63.1% | 53.8% |
| El Magnet at Hays ODESSA | 511 | 59.9% | 66.5% |
| Sinton Elementary School SINTON | 458 | 66.2% | 38.4% |
| Timberwilde Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 439 | 66.3% | 42.9% |
| Boone Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 458 | 65.9% | 32.9% |
| Turner Elementary School PASADENA | 526 | 64.4% | 52.0% |
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 Griffith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,146 of 4,401 | #25 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,729 of 4,466 ▼ 302 | #37 of 52 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,801 of 4,466 ▼ 320 | #40 of 52 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,514 of 3,998 | #20 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #2,608 of 4,938 | #40 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #775 of 4,622 | #6 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #3,096 of 4,628 | #52 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #2,961 of 4,789 | #22 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #2,222 of 2,838 | #24 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
493
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 493 | 38.1 | 12.9:1 | 63% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 37.5 | 13.8:1 | 80% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 38.8 | 14.0:1 | 76% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 76% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 33.2 | 16.1:1 | 68% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 73% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 77% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 66% (353) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 35 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Griffith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (535 to 493); teachers up 15% (33.2 to 38.1).
About Griffith Elementary School
Griffith Elementary School is a public elementary school run by BRAZOSPORT ISD in CLUTE, Texas. It educates 493 students in pre-K through 4.
BRAZOSPORT ISD has 18 schools; together they serve 11,169 students.
A majority of students at Griffith Elementary School, 76%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 15% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Brazoria County, the Hispanic share is about 32%. By the diversity index, Griffith Elementary School comes in at 39%.
The teaching staff at Griffith Elementary School is 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.9:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 63%. The rate at public schools in Brazoria County averages 50%, lower than here.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Griffith Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 53.8% actual against 46.8% predicted.
Brazoria County has about 391,255 residents, and median household income is about $97,993, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Brazoria County number 115 and enroll about 75,767.
Brazoswood High School is the public school closest to Griffith Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. Griffith Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Griffith Elementary School at 6th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Griffith Elementary School went from 475 students to 493.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Griffith Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 BRAZOSPORT ISD
- Brazoswood High SchoolHigh · 2,436 students
- Clute Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- Brazosport High SchoolHigh · 841 students
- Bess Brannen Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Rasco Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- Lake Jackson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 698 students
Other schools in CLUTE
- Brazoswood High SchoolHigh · 2,436 students
- Clute Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- T W Ogg Elementary SchoolElementary · 525 students
- Lighthouse Learning Center - DAEPCombined · 88 students
- Brazos HarborHigh · 2 students
- Lighthouse Learning Center - JJAEPElementary
Other Griffith Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Griffith Elementary. Griffith Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Griffith ElementaryDunlap, TN · 786 students
- Griffith ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 621 students
- Griffith Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 422 students
- Griffith ElemWichita, KS · 370 students
- GRIFFITH ELEMENTARYFERGUSON, MO · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Brazoswood High School1.4 mi · 2,436
- Gladys Polk Elementary School1.4 mi · 396
- Clute Intermediate School1.5 mi · 1,002
- T W Ogg Elementary School1.6 mi · 525
- A P Beutel Elementary School1.6 mi · 572
- Brazos Success Academy2.2 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About Griffith Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Griffith Elementary School?
Griffith Elementary School enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-04.
Is Griffith Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Griffith Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Griffith Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Griffith Elementary School.
How diverse is Griffith Elementary School?
Griffith Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 76% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Griffith Elementary School?
Griffith Elementary School is overseen by BRAZOSPORT ISD in Brazoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.