BURRUS EL

Located at 701 E 33RD ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, BURRUS EL is a minimally staffed primary school that enrolls 198 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under HOUSTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BURRUS EL sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

HOUSTON ISD comprises 273 schools with combined enrollment of 176,727 students; BURRUS EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BURRUS EL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BURRUS EL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BURRUS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 demographically-adjusted basis, BURRUS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 41.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BURRUS EL is one.

WASHINGTON B T H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BURRUS EL. On composite proficiency, BURRUS EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 60%: 494 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 72% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.