BAMMEL EL

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, BAMMEL EL is a moderately sized elementary campus, part of SPRING ISD. It caters to 697 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 42 schools in SPRING ISD (33,678 students total), BAMMEL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BAMMEL EL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BAMMEL EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.4%; actual is 19.9%, a gap of -14.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put 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. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BAMMEL EL is one.

The closest other public school is PONDEROSA EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BAMMEL EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

BAMMEL EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 803 students in 2018 compared to 697 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 34% across the same window.

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