# CHALLENGER EL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `483444003114` - **School name**: CHALLENGER EL - **Location**: PEARLAND, TX 77581 - **Address**: 9434 HUGHES RANCH RD - **District**: PEARLAND ISD (LEAID `4834440`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Coordinates**: 29.57023, -95.36657 - **Phone**: (281)485-7912 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 614 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 39 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 15.7:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 38.9% ## State accountability rating - **System**: TEA A-F - **Year**: 2022 - **Overall rating**: A - **Indicators**: - student_achievement: A - school_progress: A - academic_growth: A - relative_performance: B - closing_gaps: A - overall: A - overall_score: 92 ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2022 - **Academic Growth (TEA A-F)**: 82.0% proficient - **All Subjects % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 90.1% proficient — 426 tested - **All Subjects % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 73.5% proficient, 48.4% advanced — 426 tested - **Closing Gaps**: 82.0% proficient - **Closing Gaps (TEA A-F)**: 82.0% proficient - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 91.1% proficient — 213 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 91.1% proficient — 101 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 91.1% proficient — 112 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 74.2% proficient, 51.2% advanced — 213 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 71.3% proficient, 47.5% advanced — 101 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 76.8% proficient, 54.5% advanced — 112 tested - **Overall (TEA A-F)**: 82.0% proficient - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 89.2% proficient — 213 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 87.1% proficient — 101 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 91.1% proficient — 112 tested - **Reading/ELA % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 72.8% proficient, 45.5% advanced — 213 tested - **Reading/ELA % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 65.3% proficient, 37.6% advanced — 101 tested - **Reading/ELA % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 79.5% proficient, 52.7% advanced — 112 tested - **Relative Performance (TEA A-F)**: 70.0% proficient - **School Progress**: 82.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 4.5% (26 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 2.5% (15 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 6 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.0% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 31.9% - **Black/African American**: 18.0% - **Asian**: 21.5% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 23.2% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.2% - **Two or more races**: 5.2% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 37.9% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 11.9% — 72 students - **English Learners**: 14.9% — 90 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Autism**: 11 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 11 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 7 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 6 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 4 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 3 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 2 students - **Visual Impairment**: 2 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2018-19) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $8,821 - **Federal share**: $600 - **State + local share**: $8,221 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 622 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,018,232 - **Federal share**: 9.9% - **State share**: 40.2% - **Local share**: 50.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $5,790,879 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $124,004 - **Poverty rate**: 4.9% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 57.2% - **Unemployment**: 3.4% - **Median gross rent**: $2,703 - **Foreign-born residents**: 33.1% - **Single-parent households**: 16.8% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 7.8 miles (SOL LYNN INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMERS) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 28 - **Nearest brownfield**: 2.77 miles (4251 SCHURMIER) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: CITY OF PEARLAND - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2025-09-29 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 10.8623 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 11.8 miles ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland - **Performance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/performance - **Finance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/context - **Attendance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/challenger-el-pearland/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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