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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BUSH EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057006757
BUSH EL
5001 PRESTON DR, MIDLAND, TX 79707 · (432) 240-6300 · Midland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
348 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
527
+54 (+11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.2:1
% White
27%
was 35%
% Hispanic
46%
was 40%
% Black
14%
was 9%
% Asian
10%
was 13%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BUSH EL
BUSH EL, a moderately sized elementary-level community in MIDLAND, Texas, operated by MIDLAND ISD, educates 527 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.
BUSH EL is one of 40 schools operated by MIDLAND ISD, a district that caters to 29,651 students overall.
In terms of who attends, BUSH EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 27% White, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Midland County as a whole.
On the resource side, BUSH EL reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BUSH EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at BUSH EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Midland County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUSH EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 44.6%, a residual of -0.5 points.
In the broader community, census data for Midland County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,874 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. BUSH EL is one of 52 public schools in Midland County (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students).
ABELL J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BUSH EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.
BUSH EL operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUSH EL has expanded 11%, going from 473 students in 2018 to 527 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 35% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for BUSH EL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- LEGACY H SHigh · 2,735 students
- MIDLAND H SHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMYCombined · 1,298 students
- GODDARD J HMiddle · 1,210 students
- ABELL J HMiddle · 1,129 students
- GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS ELElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- LEGACY H SHigh · 2,735 students
- MIDLAND H SHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMYCombined · 1,298 students
- GODDARD J HMiddle · 1,210 students
- ABELL J HMiddle · 1,129 students
- GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS ELElementary · 950 students
Nearby schools
- ABELL J H0.5 mi · 1,129
- SCHARBAUER EL0.8 mi · 579
- RUSK EL1.1 mi · 516
- PARKER EL1.2 mi · 468
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY MIDLAND1.3 mi · 149
- LEGACY H S1.4 mi · 2,735
Frequently asked questions
About BUSH ELWhat is the total enrollment at BUSH EL?
BUSH EL enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does BUSH EL serve?
BUSH EL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUSH EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUSH EL is approximately 16.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BUSH EL?
Student demographics at BUSH EL are roughly 27% White, 46% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is BUSH EL in?
BUSH EL is part of MIDLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.