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What's something BURNET EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002414
Burnet Elementary School
5403 CANAL ST, HOUSTON, TX 77011 · (713) 924-1780 · Harris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
292 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
11%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
Burnet Elementary School→Navarro 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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Burnet Elementary School
Burnet Elementary School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnet Elementary School this school | 324 | 90.1% | 33.4% |
| Ripley House Charter School HOUSTON | 322 | 91.3% | 21.9% |
| Cage Elementary School HOUSTON | 319 | 89.3% | 53.0% |
| Odom Elementary School HOUSTON | 322 | 92.2% | 39.9% |
| Browning Elementary School HOUSTON | 348 | 88.8% | 33.7% |
| Zavala Elementary School CRYSTAL CITY | 300 | 89.7% | 44.3% |
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 Burnet Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #3,327 of 4,401 | #473 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,622 of 4,466 ▲ 742 | #368 of 625 ▲ 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,760 of 4,466 ▲ 662 | #371 of 625 ▲ 113 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,419 of 3,998 | #383 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #4,049 of 4,938 | #602 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #4,219 of 4,622 | #594 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #4,076 of 4,628 | #606 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #1,068 of 4,789 | #262 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #270 of 2,838 | #74 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
324
-91 (-22%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 979
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 324 | 18 | 18.0:1 | 90% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 24.5 | 15.0:1 | 91% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 91% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 92% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 29.2 | 17.4:1 | 96% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 95% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 51% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 93% (761) |
| 1990-91 | 979 | 55 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burnet Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (508 to 324); teachers down 39% (29.2 to 18).
About Burnet Elementary School
Burnet Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in HOUSTON, Texas. The school's enrollment of 324 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 38% lower than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
The 273 schools of HOUSTON ISD, including Burnet Elementary School, enroll 176,727 students.
Hispanic students make up 94% of enrollment at Burnet Elementary School. Next come 4% Black. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. The school's diversity index is 11%, meaning two students picked at random have an 11% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Burnet Elementary School is 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 90% of students, or 292, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Burnet Elementary School is -1.9 points: 33.4% actual, 35.2% predicted.
Harris County has about 4,838,303 residents, and the median household income is $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
The closest other public school is Laurenzo Early Childhood Center, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Burnet Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Burnet Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 22% enrollment decrease, from 415 in 2020-21 to 324 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 18.0 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Burnet Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Burnet Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 1 state are named Burnet Elementary. Burnet Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Burnet Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 587 students
- Burnet Elementary SchoolGALVESTON, TX · 562 students
- Burnet Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Laurenzo Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 240
- Tijerina Elementary School0.6 mi · 333
- Ripley House Middle Campus0.8 mi · 164
- Ripley House Charter School0.8 mi · 322
- Navarro Middle School0.9 mi · 400
- Eastwood Academy1.0 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Burnet Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burnet Elementary School?
Burnet Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Burnet Elementary School serve?
Burnet Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Burnet Elementary School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Burnet Elementary School.
How diverse is Burnet Elementary School?
Burnet Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Burnet Elementary School?
Burnet Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.