BURNET EL

Located at 5403 CANAL ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, BURNET EL is a low-enrollment elementary campus that teaches 324 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. That puts it 38% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

Demographically, BURNET EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BURNET EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 33.5%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BURNET EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAURENZO EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BURNET EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BURNET EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. BURNET EL's enrollment has declined 36% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 324).

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