C J Harris Elementary School

Size

Of the 11 elementary schools in Pearland ISD, C J Harris Elementary School is the 9th largest, with 2.6% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.6 miles away and have a median of 646 students, so C J Harris 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 4 with 120 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 37, against an average of 92 per grade. This year grade 4 has 46% more students than kindergarten (120 against 82). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 37 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 42.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Pearland ISD (39.6%). White students are next, at 28.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

49.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 36.8% across Pearland 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

C J Harris Elementary School has 38.59 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 549 students would have about 37.1 teachers, so C J Harris Elementary School has 1.5 more.

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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is Horizon Montessori Pearland - STEM Academy, 0.7 miles away in Horizon Montessori Public Schools. There are 26 elementary schools within 5 miles and 114 within 10 miles.

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