📍 9434 Hughes Ranch Rd, Pearland, Brazoria County, 77581
Challenger el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pearland, Brazoria County. The school has 570 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Becky Morris. It is part of the Pearland Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 64% of students are proficient in reading. 66% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Challenger el enrolls 570 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% Hispanic or Latino, 25% White and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 172 | 30% |
| White | 141 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 118 | 21% |
| Asian | 103 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 6.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
203 of the school's 570 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 176 qualify for free lunch and 27 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.
Challenger el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 29.
Challenger el is one of 24 schools in PEARLAND ISD, based in PEARLAND, Texas. The district serves 20,862 students district-wide and employs 1,282 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 570 students, Challenger el is smaller than the district average of about 869 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large