📍 10620 Briar Forest, Houston, Harris County, 77042
Walnut Bend el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 676 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alecia Mcmillian. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Walnut Bend el enrolls 676 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 40% Black or African American and 7.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 328 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 269 | 40% |
| White | 48 | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
612 of the school's 676 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 606 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Walnut Bend 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-70, state senate district 17, state house district 133.
Walnut Bend 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 676 students, Walnut Bend el is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large