MARK TWAIN EL

MARK TWAIN EL is a reasonably sized elementary school in ALVIN, Texas, part of ALVIN ISD. The school serves 634 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ALVIN ISD comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 30,038 students; MARK TWAIN EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, MARK TWAIN EL records that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MARK TWAIN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARK TWAIN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 40.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Brazoria County indicate 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. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which MARK TWAIN EL is one.

G W HARBY J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARK TWAIN EL. On composite proficiency, MARK TWAIN EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

MARK TWAIN EL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 775 students in 2018 compared to 634 in 2025.

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