SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL

SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL is one of the medium-sized primary schools in PEARLAND, Texas, operated by ALVIN ISD, with 665 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

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

Demographically, SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL records that 33% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 27% Asian, 19% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 19% of students at SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL qualify 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 south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.5%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of +5.2 points.

Across the wider county, Brazoria County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,993, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SHADOW CREEK H S, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 63.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHIRLEY DILL BROTHERS EL has contracted 14%, going from 770 students in 2018 to 665 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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