# BIRKES EL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `481611009619` - **School name**: BIRKES EL - **Location**: HOUSTON, TX 77095 - **Address**: 8500 QUEENSTON BLVD - **District**: CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD (LEAID `4816110`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Coordinates**: 29.90463, -95.66865 - **Phone**: (281)345-3300 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 1,040 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 64 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 16.2:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 52.9% ## State accountability rating - **System**: TEA A-F - **Year**: 2022 - **Overall rating**: A - **Indicators**: - student_achievement: A - school_progress: A - academic_growth: A - relative_performance: B - closing_gaps: A - overall: A - overall_score: 93 ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2022 - **Academic Growth (TEA A-F)**: 82.0% proficient - **All Subjects % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 85.4% proficient — 1,070 tested - **All Subjects % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 63.8% proficient, 34.9% advanced — 1,070 tested - **Closing Gaps**: 82.0% proficient - **Closing Gaps (TEA A-F)**: 82.0% proficient - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 82.9% proficient — 462 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 87.0% proficient — 146 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 82.7% proficient — 150 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 79.5% proficient — 166 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 64.7% proficient, 37.2% advanced — 462 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 74.0% proficient, 45.9% advanced — 146 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 65.3% proficient, 32.7% advanced — 150 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 56.0% proficient, 33.7% advanced — 166 tested - **Overall (TEA A-F)**: 82.0% proficient - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 88.1% proficient — 463 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 91.8% proficient — 146 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 86.8% proficient — 151 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 86.1% proficient — 166 tested - **Reading/ELA % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 64.8% proficient, 34.1% advanced — 463 tested - **Reading/ELA % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 76.0% proficient, 49.3% advanced — 146 tested ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 6.1% (67 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.4% (4 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 2.9% (29 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 9 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.5% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 32.9% - **Black/African American**: 13.5% - **Asian**: 17.6% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 29.4% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.2% - **Two or more races**: 6.0% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 52.3% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 14.0% — 141 students - **English Learners**: 12.1% — 122 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 30 students - **Autism**: 23 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 17 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 11 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 7 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 6 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 5 students - **Deaf-Blindness**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2018-19) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $7,666 - **Federal share**: $748 - **State + local share**: $6,918 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 1,090 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,692,425 - **Federal share**: 15.5% - **State share**: 28.5% - **Local share**: 56.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,678,349 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $86,843 - **Poverty rate**: 4.7% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 42.1% - **Unemployment**: 3.5% - **Median gross rent**: $2,051 - **Foreign-born residents**: 17.7% - **Single-parent households**: 6.1% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.5 miles (JONES ROAD GROUND WATER PLUME) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 27 - **Nearest brownfield**: 13.48 miles (9412 W MONTGOMERY RD) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: CITY OF HOUSTON - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 4 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 4 - **Most recent violation**: 2025-05-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 9.2435 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 12.7 miles ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston - **Performance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/performance - **Finance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/context - **Attendance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/birkes-el-houston/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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