BURBANK EL

BURBANK EL, a mid-sized K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, instructs 736 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

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

Demographically, BURBANK EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). The remainder is composed of 14% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at BURBANK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, BURBANK EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.1%; this one delivers 52.1%, a residual of +21.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), BURBANK EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BURBANK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BURBANK EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BURBANK EL has decreased 21%, going from 929 students in 2018 to 736 in 2025.

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