LAVACE STEWART EL

Set in KEMAH, Texas, LAVACE STEWART EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, one of the schools within CLEAR CREEK ISD. It enrolls 660 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Within CLEAR CREEK ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 39,684 students, LAVACE STEWART EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAVACE STEWART EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school logs 32% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAVACE STEWART EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of -8.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Galveston County put the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LAVACE STEWART EL is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

Nearest neighbor: I W AND ELEANOR HYDE EL, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAVACE STEWART EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 874 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.