STEWART EL

STEWART EL is an elementary-level community of compact scale in HITCHCOCK, Texas, one of the schools within HITCHCOCK ISD, caters to 355 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so STEWART EL sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

Within HITCHCOCK ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,012 students, STEWART EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STEWART EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 36% Black, 21% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, STEWART EL has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 28.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Galveston County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, STEWART EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 25.8%, a residual of -13.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Galveston County put median household income runs about $86,105, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. STEWART EL is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

The closest other public school is CROSBY MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STEWART EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STEWART EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 352 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 28.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for STEWART EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.