📍 8500 Queenston Blvd, Houston, Harris County, 77095
Birkes el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 1,018 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Megan Fernandez. It is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 54% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Birkes el enrolls 1,018 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 71 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Hispanic or Latino, 27% White and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 341 | 33% |
| White | 272 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 188 | 18% |
| Asian | 141 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 71 | 7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
498 of the school's 1,018 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 433 qualify for free lunch and 65 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Birkes el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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-80, state senate district 7, state house district 135.
Birkes el is one of 91 schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 117,927 students district-wide and employs 7,842 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,018 students, Birkes el is smaller than the district average of about 1,296 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large