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Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002395
Bastian Elementary School
5051 BELLFORT, HOUSTON, TX 77033 · (713) 732-5830 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
625 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 89 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bastian Elementary School→Attucks Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 17.0% | 18.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 16.0% | 30.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 69.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Bastian Elementary School
Bastian Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastian Elementary School this school | 633 | 98.7% | 40.5% |
| Paul L Dunbar Learning Center DALLAS | 608 | 99.0% | 43.6% |
| Hilliard Elementary School HOUSTON | 545 | 98.7% | 34.4% |
| J N Ervin Elementary School DALLAS | 743 | 100.0% | 23.0% |
| Dr Martin Luther King Jr Arts Academy DALLAS | 499 | 94.6% | 44.0% |
| KIPP Peace Elementary School HOUSTON | 525 | 96.0% | 26.3% |
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 Bastian Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,527 of 4,401 | #333 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,312 of 4,466 ▼ 940 | #617 of 625 ▼ 136 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,680 of 4,466 ▼ 256 | #526 of 625 ▼ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -30.0pp | #16 of 3,998 | #2 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #1,373 of 4,938 | #314 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #4,432 of 4,622 | #631 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #2,608 of 4,628 | #359 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #106 of 4,789 | #35 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #1,926 of 2,838 | #329 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
633
+53 (+9%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 633 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 99% (625) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 32 | 20.8:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | 99% (642) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 99% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 35.9 | 19.9:1 | 97% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 98% (631) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 43 | 18.5:1 | 46% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 25 | 22.7:1 | 96% (544) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bastian Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (714 to 633); teachers down 11% (35.9 to 32).
About Bastian Elementary School
Bastian Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, (ZIP code 77033). Its 633 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 22% larger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
HOUSTON ISD, which runs Bastian Elementary School, has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
At Bastian Elementary School, Black students make up 65% of the student body. The school is also 31% Hispanic and 2% White. That is higher than the 19% Black share among all Harris County residents. Bastian Elementary School's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bastian Elementary School employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Bastian Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 99%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.5% for Bastian Elementary School. The school posts 40.5%, 9.0 points above the prediction.
Within Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
Jones Futures Academy is located about 0.7 miles from Bastian Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Bastian Elementary School is ahead of the 39.4% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Bastian Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 580 in 2020-21 to 633 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 17.6:1 to 19.8:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Jones Futures Academy0.7 mi · 298
- Attucks Middle School0.9 mi · 392
- Pro-Vision Middle School1.1 mi · 140
- The Pro-Vision Academy1.1 mi · 212
- Alcott Elementary School1.2 mi · 202
- Worthing High School1.3 mi · 751
Frequently asked questions
About Bastian Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bastian Elementary School?
Bastian Elementary School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bastian Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bastian Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bastian Elementary School have?
Bastian Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Bastian Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bastian Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 31% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Bastian Elementary School public or private?
Bastian Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.