📍 401 N Gulf Blvd, Freeport, Brazoria County, 77541
Velasco el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Freeport, Brazoria County. The school has 290 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Brazosport Isd school district. It serves grades 3–4. The school employs 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Velasco el enrolls 290 students across grades 3–4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Hispanic or Latino, 11% Black or African American and 10% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 215 | 74% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 11% |
| White | 30 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 290 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 259 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The school's NCES locale classification is Suburb, Small. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-14, state senate district 17, state house district 25.
Velasco el is one of 21 schools in BRAZOSPORT ISD, based in CLUTE, Texas. The district serves 11,169 students district-wide and employs 855 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 290 students, Velasco el is smaller than the district average of about 532 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small