ZUE S BALES INT

ZUE S BALES INT, a medium-sized K-5 school in FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, overseen by FRIENDSWOOD ISD, educates 640 students, covering grades 3 through 5. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

FRIENDSWOOD ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 6,194 students. ZUE S BALES INT is one of those campuses.

Demographically, ZUE S BALES INT lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Galveston County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ZUE S BALES INT higher than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Galveston County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ZUE S BALES INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.5%, the actual is 68.7%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Galveston County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Galveston County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), ZUE S BALES INT is one campus in the mix.

WESTWOOD EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ZUE S BALES INT at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 60.2%.

ZUE S BALES INT operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ZUE S BALES INT has edged up 27%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 640 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 64% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.