MAGNOLIA EL

Set in PEARLAND, Texas, MAGNOLIA EL is a moderately sized K-5 school, run under PEARLAND ISD. It caters to 703 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 35% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

MAGNOLIA EL is one of 24 schools operated by PEARLAND ISD, a district that educates 20,862 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MAGNOLIA EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the resource side, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MAGNOLIA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.8%, the actual is 69.0%, a residual of +11.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put the typical household earns roughly $97,993 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which MAGNOLIA EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PEARLAND J H SOUTH, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MAGNOLIA EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. MAGNOLIA EL's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 867 (now 703).

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.