BAILEY EL

Located at 2707 LAFFERTY RD, in PASADENA, Texas, BAILEY EL is an average-sized elementary campus that caters to 602 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by PASADENA ISD.

Across the 67 schools in PASADENA ISD (46,491 students total), BAILEY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BAILEY EL reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 7% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BAILEY EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BAILEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), BAILEY EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MAE SMYTHE EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BAILEY EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 658 students in 2018 compared to 602 in 2025.

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