KRAUSE EL

KRAUSE EL, a medium-sized K-5 school in BRENHAM, Texas, overseen by BRENHAM ISD, works with 655 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so KRAUSE EL sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

BRENHAM ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,872 students. KRAUSE EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, KRAUSE EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder breaks down as 24% White, 15% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KRAUSE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,825 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. KRAUSE EL is one of 10 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRENHAM MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around KRAUSE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KRAUSE EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KRAUSE EL has decreased 3%, going from 678 students in 2018 to 655 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 41% to 56% over that span.

On the community side, members of the KRAUSE EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.