Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002411
BRUCE EL
510 JENSEN DR, HOUSTON, TX 77020 · (713) 226-4560 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
276 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
33.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
19.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
285
-285 (-50%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.5:1
% White
2%
was 0%
% Hispanic
13%
was 30%
% Black
83%
was 69%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BRUCE EL
As a low-enrollment elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, BRUCE EL works with 285 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under HOUSTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 45% smaller than typical.
HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. BRUCE EL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BRUCE EL logs that nearly all students (83%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
Looking at school resources, BRUCE EL logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.
With demographic context factored in, BRUCE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -9.4 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRUCE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: SECONDARY DAEP, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRUCE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRUCE EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.2%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRUCE EL has shrank 50%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 285 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 30% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
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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
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- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
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- SECONDARY DAEP0.6 mi · 38
- MICKEY LELAND COLLEGE PREP ACAD FOR YOUNG MEN0.8 mi · 251
- YES PREP - 5TH WARD0.9 mi · 933
- BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE BIOTECH ACADEMY AT RUSK0.9 mi · 325
- SHERMAN EL1.1 mi · 453
- HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER1.1 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About BRUCE ELHow large is BRUCE EL?
BRUCE EL enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-05.
Is BRUCE EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRUCE EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BRUCE EL have?
BRUCE EL employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BRUCE EL?
Student demographics at BRUCE EL are roughly 2% White, 13% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BRUCE EL?
BRUCE EL is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
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