Brookwood El, Houston TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Brookwood El

Brookwood Elementary serves a school population that spans from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the Clear Creek Independent School District, on Houston's south side. The school enrolls a solid mid-sized population and draws from a diverse community. About two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting moderate economic heterogeneity. The student body is majority Hispanic and white, with substantial representation of Asian students and smaller numbers of Black students and other groups.

The academic picture reveals uneven performance across grade levels. In fifth grade, results are strong: proficiency in English language arts and math both run well into the upper range, and science proficiency sits above the midpoint. These results suggest that by the time students reach the upper elementary grades, instruction in core subjects has solidified. Fourth grade shows a different pattern. English language arts proficiency is low, and math proficiency is essentially at zero, creating a stark valley between grades three and five. Third grade, tested in Spanish, shows similarly weak results in both subjects. The language of assessment matters here: third and fourth grade Spanish-language testing yields much lower proficiency rates than the English-language testing administered to fifth graders, and a parent may want to look into further with the school how bilingual or dual-language programming is structured and how proficiency is being measured and supported across these grades.

When examined across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among school sites in Harris County, meaning the school's average performance is stronger than half its county neighbors. That said, the strength is driven heavily by fifth-grade outcomes; the lower grades pull the average down significantly. The fact that proficiency jumps sharply in fifth grade suggests either that students make accelerated progress in that year, that the assessment shift to English plays a role, or both.

The school sits in an area where home values and rents are moderate by regional standards. Harris County's housing market remains active and competitive, with meaningful inventory and prices that have softened slightly over the past year. The neighborhood character reflects Houston's broader pattern of mixed uses without formal zoning—residential blocks blend gradually into commercial corridors and industrial areas rather than sitting in separate zones, so the setting is more urban-textured than suburban in the strict sense.

The Clear Creek district has not reported publicly available information about near-term strategic shifts or major policy changes, so the district context for the school is not detailed here. The school itself does not operate under a magnet or charter model; it is a traditional neighborhood public school. Staffing, discipline, attendance, and course offerings beyond the core tested subjects were not available in the data provided.

A parent considering Brookwood should weigh the strong fifth-grade performance and above-county-average overall proficiency against the significant weakness in third and fourth grade, particularly in Spanish-language assessment. The bilingual or language support structure in those middle elementary grades warrants direct conversation with school leadership to understand whether the gap reflects an instructional issue, an assessment language issue, or both, and what supports exist to close it by the time students reach the upper grades.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 315%

School 15% · District 31% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 58% · ▼ 58 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 59% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 312%

School 12% · District 17% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 28% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 577%

School 77% · District 70% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Science

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 34% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

This schoolCLEAR CREEK ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income54%Higher-income89%35 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income21%Higher-income84%63 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income9%Higher-income87%78 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income0%Higher-income83%83 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income48%Higher-income85%37 pp gap