Enrollment
198
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002415
Burrus Elementary School
701 E 33RD ST, HOUSTON, TX 77022 · (713) 867-5180 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL198 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
191 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
48%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 60.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Burrus Elementary School
Burrus Elementary School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrus Elementary School this school | 198 | 96.5% | 45.4% |
| Alcott Elementary School HOUSTON | 202 | 98.0% | 38.5% |
| Dequeen Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 232 | 92.2% | 22.1% |
| Washington Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 223 | 90.1% | N/A |
| C F Carr Elementary School DALLAS | 259 | 98.8% | 39.9% |
| Atwood McDonald Elementary School FORT WORTH | 261 | 95.0% | 30.5% |
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 Burrus Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,920 of 4,401 | #246 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,059 of 4,466 ▼ 981 | #284 of 625 ▼ 163 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,442 of 4,466 ▼ 176 | #178 of 625 ▼ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +39.5pp | #33 of 3,998 | #2 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 198 | #4,634 of 4,938 | #658 of 682 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #332 of 4,789 | #102 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -59.9% | #14 of 2,838 | #3 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
198
-113 (-36%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 198 | 16.9 | 11.7:1 | 96% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 22.5 | 9.6:1 | 95% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 98% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 99% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 24.3 | 20.3:1 | 95% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 90% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 49% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 21 | 18.7:1 | 96% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burrus Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 60% (494 to 198); teachers down 30% (24.3 to 16.9).
About Burrus Elementary School
Burrus Elementary School is a very small elementary school. Its address is in HOUSTON, Texas. Its enrollment is 198 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 62% below average.
Burrus Elementary School is in HOUSTON ISD, a district with 176,727 students across 273 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Burrus Elementary School is Black: 64%. Other groups include 33% Hispanic and 2% White. The county population is about 19% Black. The diversity index for Burrus Elementary School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 11.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Burrus Elementary School, which has 16.9. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Burrus Elementary School is about 96%. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Burrus Elementary School is 12.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.4% actual, 32.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
The county, Harris County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Washington B T High School, is about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Burrus Elementary School places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The school shrank from 311 students in 2020-21 to 198 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Burrus Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Washington B T High School0.7 mi · 811
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.9 mi · 385
- Hamilton Middle School1.0 mi · 911
- Field Elementary School1.1 mi · 507
- Kennedy Elementary School1.2 mi · 430
- Helms Elementary School1.3 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Burrus Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Burrus Elementary School?
Burrus Elementary School enrolls approximately 198 students in grades PK-05.
Is Burrus Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burrus Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burrus Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burrus Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Burrus Elementary School?
Student demographics at Burrus Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 33% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Burrus Elementary School public or private?
Burrus Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.