📍 112 Gaines, Brazoria, Brazoria County, 77422
Barrow el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brazoria, Brazoria County. The school has 383 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Miss Galloway. It is part of the Columbia-Brazoria Isd school district. It serves grades 2–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Barrow el enrolls 383 students across grades 2–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 226 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
298 of the school's 383 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 280 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
Barrow el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 17, state house district 25.
Barrow el is one of 6 schools in COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD, based in WEST COLUMBIA, Texas. The district serves 2,871 students district-wide and employs 198 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 383 students, Barrow el is smaller than the district average of about 479 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe