BRAEBURN EL

Located at 5550 PINE ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, BRAEBURN EL is a well-populated K-5 school that hosts 853 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under HOUSTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BRAEBURN EL sits 64% larger than that benchmark.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. BRAEBURN EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BRAEBURN EL lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, BRAEBURN EL logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BRAEBURN EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at BRAEBURN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, BRAEBURN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 32.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BRAEBURN EL is one.

ENERGIZED FOR EXCELLENCE ACADEMY INC MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRAEBURN EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 778 students in 2018 compared to 853 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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