📍 510 Jensen Dr, Houston, Harris County, 77020
Bruce el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 307 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lauren Hooks. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bruce el enrolls 307 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Black or African American, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 234 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.3% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
301 of the school's 307 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 299 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bruce 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 13, state house district 142.
Bruce el is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 307 students, Bruce el is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large