📍 8900 Rio Grande, Houston, Harris County, 77064
Bang el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 912 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Susan Bolado. It is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 61.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Bang el enrolls 912 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 61.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Black or African American and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 452 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 239 | 26% |
| White | 131 | 14% |
| Asian | 51 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 3.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
701 of the school's 912 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 639 qualify for free lunch and 62 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bang 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 7, state house district 135.
Bang 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 912 students, Bang 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