HARVEY S BROWN EL

HARVEY S BROWN EL is a medium-sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by CHANNELVIEW ISD. The school hosts 569 students in grades K through 5.

HARVEY S BROWN EL is one of 12 schools operated by CHANNELVIEW ISD, a district that works with 9,335 students overall.

Looking at the student body, HARVEY S BROWN EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 20% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at HARVEY S BROWN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, HARVEY S BROWN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HARVEY S BROWN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ALICE JOHNSON J H, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARVEY S BROWN EL. On composite proficiency, HARVEY S BROWN EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 718 students in 2018 compared to 569 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 14% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for HARVEY S BROWN EL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.