Elementary · Texas
Bell El
Free meals for allBell El, a public elementary school in Houston, Texas: grades pre-k–5, 539 students, 14.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Houston ISD.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 539
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 55% of elementary schools in Texas
Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared
Larger than 72% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Houston ISD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Houston ISD.
Location
- Address
- 12323 Shaftsbury Dr, Houston, TX 77031
- Phone
- (281)983-2800
- City or town
- Houston
- County
- Harris County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Gross ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 390 | 15.0 |
Step Charter IIICharter | K–3 | 76 | 10.3 |
Step Charter ElCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 293 | 15.1 |
Arrow Academy - Liberation AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–6 | 190 | 11.9 |
Valley West ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 505 | 13.3 |
| K–4 | 655 | 13.6 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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