Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary School

Size

Of the 21 elementary schools in Alvin ISD, Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary School is the 14th largest, with 2.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 3.7 miles away and have a median of 613 students, so Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 5 with 120 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 60, against an average of 94 per grade. This year grade 5 has 33% more students than kindergarten (120 against 90). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 60 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 44.6% of enrollment, a higher share than across Alvin ISD (19.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 44%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 51.1% across Alvin ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary School has 43.97 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 655 students would have about 44.3 teachers, so Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary School has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other elementary school is Alvin Elementary School, 1.8 miles away in the same district. There are 6 elementary schools within 5 miles and 13 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.