📍 11555 Airline, Houston, Harris County, 77037
Bussey el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 508 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kathleen Scott. It is part of the Aldine Isd school district. It serves grades 1–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bussey el enrolls 508 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White and 1.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 482 | 95% |
| White | 14 | 2.8% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
484 of the school's 508 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 474 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bussey el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 140.
Bussey el is one of 79 schools in ALDINE ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 56,419 students district-wide and employs 3,510 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 508 students, Bussey el is smaller than the district average of about 714 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large