LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL

LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in PEARLAND, Texas, one of the schools within ALVIN ISD, educateing 678 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL sits 31% above that benchmark.

Across the 37 schools in ALVIN ISD (30,038 students total), LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL lists that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 20% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 14% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Brazoria County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Brazoria County shows median household earnings sit near $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brazoria County's 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GLENN YORK EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAURA INGALLS WILDER EL has fell 19%, going from 841 students in 2018 to 678 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 29% to 39%.

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