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Enrollment
602
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003818
Bailey Elementary School
2707 LAFFERTY RD, PASADENA, TX 77502 · (713) 740-0528 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
518 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 77 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (100).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% | 45.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bailey Elementary School
Bailey Elementary School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Elementary School this school | 602 | 86.0% | 44.7% |
| IDEA Ingram Hills Academy SAN ANTONIO | 588 | 86.2% | 47.8% |
| Deepwater Elementary School PASADENA | 629 | 83.3% | 36.8% |
| Lamar Elementary School MIDLAND | 604 | 86.1% | 25.6% |
| Taylor Ray Elementary School ROSENBERG | 615 | 82.9% | 45.9% |
| Blake Manor Elementary School MANOR | 573 | 83.6% | 19.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bailey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #2,001 of 4,401 | #258 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,071 of 4,466 ▼ 2,105 | #594 of 625 ▼ 320 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,168 of 4,466 ▼ 534 | #443 of 625 ▼ 87 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,780 of 3,998 | #438 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #1,611 of 4,938 | #349 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #701 of 4,622 | #101 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #3,649 of 4,628 | #529 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #1,477 of 4,789 | #336 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #2,165 of 2,838 | #356 of 441 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
602
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 602 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 86% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 45.8 | 13.1:1 | 94% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 47.7 | 12.0:1 | 94% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 48 | 12.3:1 | 90% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 49.3 | 13.3:1 | 85% (561) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 86% (627) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 46 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 69% (440) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 35 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bailey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (658 to 602); teachers down 5% (49.3 to 47).
About Bailey Elementary School
Bailey Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in PASADENA, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 602 students.
Bailey Elementary School is one school in PASADENA ISD, a system of 67 schools with 46,491 students.
Roughly 87% of students at Bailey Elementary School are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 7% Black and 5% White. County-wide, 44% of Harris County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Bailey Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The school has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Federal data show 86% of students (518) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Test results at Bailey Elementary School are 7.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.7% actual, 36.9% predicted).
The school is in Harris County, where the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Harris County, 1,205 public schools serve about 886,911 students.
Mae Smythe Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Bailey Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.1%; Bailey Elementary School's is 44.7%, ranking 4th of 9.
Bailey Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Federal data show 590 students in 2020-21 and 602 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Bailey Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bailey Elementary. Bailey Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDOVER, FL · 719 students
- Bailey ElementaryBailey, NC · 580 students
Nearby schools
- Mae Smythe Elementary School0.7 mi · 710
- L F Smith Elementary School0.9 mi · 572
- Park View Intermediate School0.9 mi · 532
- Southmore Intermediate School0.9 mi · 673
- Sam Rayburn High School1.0 mi · 2,627
- Fisher Elementary School1.0 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About Bailey Elementary SchoolHow large is Bailey Elementary School?
Bailey Elementary School enrolls approximately 602 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Bailey Elementary School serve?
Bailey Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Bailey Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Bailey Elementary School.
How diverse is Bailey Elementary School?
Bailey Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 87% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Bailey Elementary School?
Bailey Elementary School is overseen by PASADENA ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.