BANG EL

BANG EL is a primary school of heavily attended scale in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, hosting 949 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 83% above the state mean of about 519.

CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 117,927 students; BANG EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BANG EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 25% Black, 14% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, BANG EL logs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BANG EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 42.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), BANG EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is COOK MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BANG EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BANG EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BANG EL's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,054 (now 949). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 46% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On this page, the feed for BANG EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.