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If you could change one rule at BUSSEY EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771009528
Bussey Elementary School
11555 AIRLINE, HOUSTON, TX 77037 · (281) 878-1501 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
441 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 20.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Bussey Elementary School
Bussey Elementary School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bussey Elementary School this school | 489 | 90.2% | 37.5% |
| Parkland Elementary School EL PASO | 471 | 89.6% | 48.0% |
| Travis Elementary School MERCEDES | 478 | 90.0% | 32.3% |
| Bonham Elementary School HARLINGEN | 504 | 90.9% | 40.1% |
| Bob Hope Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 488 | 88.7% | 27.9% |
| Briscoe Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 494 | 88.7% | 23.9% |
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 Bussey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,880 of 4,401 | #401 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,808 of 4,466 ▲ 210 | #399 of 625 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,465 of 4,466 ▼ 43 | #333 of 625 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,104 of 3,998 | #158 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #2,639 of 4,938 | #475 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,908 of 4,622 | #263 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #4,112 of 4,628 | #611 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #1,060 of 4,789 | #260 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.6% | #58 of 2,838 | #20 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
489
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-47% since 2010-11, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 489 | 33.9 | 14.4:1 | 90% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 98% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 30.1 | 16.9:1 | 95% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 94% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 951 | 57.5 | 16.5:1 | 95% (904) |
| 2015-16 | 1,088 | 63 | 17.3:1 | 95% (1,031) |
| 2010-11 | 926 | 52 | 17.8:1 | 93% (859) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bussey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 49% (951 to 489); teachers down 41% (57.5 to 33.9).
About Bussey Elementary School
Bussey Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, located in HOUSTON. It serves 489 students in grades 1 through 5.
ALDINE ISD, which runs Bussey Elementary School, has 76 schools and 56,419 students.
The large majority of students at Bussey Elementary School, 95%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 51 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. Bussey Elementary School has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Bussey Elementary School is 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. About 90% of students, or 441, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 20 points.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Bussey Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Bussey Elementary School scores 37.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.2%.
In Harris County (population about 4,838,303), median household income is about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
Stovall Middle School is the public school closest to Bussey Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.1%; Bussey Elementary School's is 37.5%, ranking 4th of 7.
NCES assigns Bussey Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 503 to 489 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bussey Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 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
- Stovall Middle School0.3 mi · 1,039
- Aldine High School0.4 mi · 2,481
- La Promesa0.4 mi · 448
- Thompson Elementary School0.4 mi · 455
- Black Elementary School0.5 mi · 488
- Blanson CTE High School0.9 mi · 1,258
Frequently asked questions
About Bussey Elementary SchoolHow large is Bussey Elementary School?
Bussey Elementary School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades 01-05.
Is Bussey Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bussey Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Bussey Elementary School have?
Bussey Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Bussey Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bussey Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Bussey Elementary School in?
Bussey Elementary School is part of ALDINE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.