BASTIAN EL

BASTIAN EL is an average-sized K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD. The school teaches 633 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BASTIAN EL sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

BASTIAN EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that serves 176,727 students overall.

On demographics, BASTIAN EL records that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BASTIAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $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 BASTIAN EL is one.

JONES FUTURES ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BASTIAN EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 714 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025.

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