📍 1210 S Market St, Brenham, Washington County, 77833
Alton el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brenham, Washington County. The school has 467 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michael Ogg. It is part of the Brenham Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 44% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Alton el enrolls 467 students across grades K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% White, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 196 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 163 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 84 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
282 of the school's 467 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 251 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alton el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 18, state house district 13.
Alton el is one of 7 schools in BRENHAM ISD, based in BRENHAM, Texas. The district serves 4,872 students district-wide and employs 387 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 467 students, Alton el is smaller than the district average of about 696 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant