Bussey Elementary

Public 1-5

 11555 Airline
       Houston, TX  77037


(281) 878-1501

District: Aldine Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3514th of 4,647 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,107 Help


Students who attend Bussey Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Grantham Academy
High:    Aldine High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.8 Help
Number of students:  508

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
94.9%
White:
2.8%
African American:
1.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  95.3% Help


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Compare Details Bussey Elementary ranks worse than 75.6% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 14th among 37 ranked elementary schools in the Aldine Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (94.9%), White (2.8%), African American (1.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 95.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bussey Elementary is 16.8, which is the 16th best among 37 elementary schools in the Aldine Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bussey Elementary is $12,107, which is the 17th highest among 37 elementary schools in the Aldine Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Bussey Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Bussey Elementary 3514th of 4647 Texas public elementary schools. (See Bussey Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Hispanic students:


Aldine Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Aldine Independent School District (Isd) 847th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bussey Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 28.60 2908th 3465 16.1%
2005 45.34 2242nd 3475 35.5%
2006 42.82 2385th 3476 31.4%
2007 42.90 2547th 3724 31.6%
2008 42.70 2541st 3768 32.6%
2009 41.62 2665th 3884 31.4%
2010 62.13 1647th 3937 58.2%
2011 38.09 3044th 4095 25.7%
2012 24.13 3684th 4206 12.4%
2013 49.20 2339th 4221 44.6%
2014 39.66 2923rd 4260 31.4%
2015 46.48 2522nd 4320 41.6%
2016 29.13 3332nd 4286 22.3%
2017 27.07 3333rd 4329 23.0%
2018 27.83 3329th 4359 23.6%
2019 35.93 2961st 4479 33.9%
2021 14.91 4215th 4578 7.9%
2022 11.63 4349th 4581 5.1%
2023 28.00 3514th 4647 24.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.39 2191st 3226 32.1%
2019 43.30 1929th 3333 42.1%
2021 22.70 3074th 3446 10.8%
2022 20.33 3165th 3487 9.2%
2023 38.27 2351st 3556 33.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.18 3105th 3558 12.7%
2019 54.25 1184th 3684 67.9%
2021 22.30 3354th 3799 11.7%
2022 20.22 3666th 3952 7.2%
2023 20.51 3755th 4086 8.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.60 2590th 4264 39.3%
2019 47.30 2251st 4309 47.8%
2021 21.68 3933rd 4451 11.6%
2022 17.91 4132nd 4477 7.7%
2023 41.15 2786th 4521 38.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.05 3244th 4306 24.7%
2019 35.72 2968th 4348 31.7%
2021 15.68 4175th 4499 7.2%
2022 12.25 4359th 4561 4.4%
2023 25.83 3675th 4588 19.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.99 2939th 3106 5.4%
2019 46.32 2168th 3184 31.9%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.67 2392nd 4240 43.6%
2019 48.79 2057th 4295 52.1%
2021 24.97 3725th 4331 14.0%
2022 29.54 3544th 4461 20.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.77 3380th 4319 21.7%
2019 36.87 2862nd 4357 34.3%
2021 17.45 4032nd 4498 10.4%
2022 13.08 4305th 4563 5.7%
2023 31.34 3306th 4585 27.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bussey Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.67 2939th 4168 29.5%
2019 44.03 2371st 4188 43.4%
2021 18.61 3971st 4329 8.3%
2022 15.44 4124th 4376 5.8%
2023 33.98 3164th 4401 28.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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by a parent on FaceBook
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Open Quote I'm starting to get really frustrated with this school faculty (Bussey Elementary) and the assistance principle. I don't know what to do and I feel like there harassing me over any little thing. I normally pick my 2 sons up from there bus stop and dropping them off in the mornings or they take the bus in the morning. But now my husband needs me to drive him to work and pick him up because his license is suspended. He gets off at different times usually at around 5 pm but for the last 4 months its been around 2-3:30pm.

I had switched to car rider then after 3rd time of me picking them up late. And I was only like 10-15 minutes late. I have to pick my husband up from work (in Jersey Village) then afterwards pick the boys up from school. I usually always make it just on time or if not earlier. After that 3rd time the Assistant principle pulled me a side and said all this stuff about that the teachers have things to do and that they can't be staying late because the parents are showing up late all the time. I told her I understand and that I think I'll switch the bus rider like that I will have more time. She also said that if this keeps happening that they will send a police officer to my apartment to see if I still live there. I was in shock and that's not even the worse.

After that everything was great! I was picking them up on time from school. Then again I didn't make it on time and only this time my husband went in to pick them up in the front office and this time they held my husband for like half an hour threatening that next time his late that there going to call CPS on us and say that, what we're doing is child abandonment. That was just a low blow now there trying to get personal. I don't think that was ever necessary to say something like that unless I was lets showing up 3 hours late but a few minutes to 15 minute is not child abandonment!!! So at the point I was enraged didn't know what else to do and how they think they can harassing and bully me like that is confusing in itself. I don't know my rights as a parent. I feel like the school faculty is against the parents.

I can't just take them out of the school and pick another school. So I switched to bus rider and I knows some days I'm not going to be able to get the kids on time off the bus. So I sometimes have to just go to the school directly and pick them up early. After a few times once again the AP pulled aside to talk to me about the next time I pick them up early that they will give me a ticket because its like no attendance. Can you believe that?? First they said there going to send a police to my apartment then threaten to call CPS on me and now there going to ticket me for pick them up early. I told the AP that I don't know what they want me to do. I told her if I don't pick them up early, the bus driver will drop them off and no one will be there to let them in my apartment.

Therefore a danger to my children safety but they don't care. Because the way they look at it, once the kids leave the school on the bus, the school is no longer responsible. They care more about them not getting sued and what is inconvenience to the teachers.

I don't know who I should talk to. Should I get a lawyer involved. I'm thinking of talking to some else that is in charge more higher up. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Bussey Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2004 30 144 16 691 3 n/a n/a 0 884
2005 18 83 15 652 4 n/a n/a 0 772
2006 16 91 18 690 3 n/a n/a 0 818
2007 10 75 11 628 2 n/a n/a 0 726
2008 9 36 11 665 1 n/a n/a 0 722
2009 5 30 10 680 4 n/a n/a 0 729
2010 9 18 7 635 0 n/a n/a 0 669
2011 19 25 2 878 0 0 2 0 926
2012 16 46 2 965 0 0 1 0 1030
2013 16 29 5 979 0 0 1 0 1030
2014 19 52 4 1018 0 0 2 0 1095
2015 16 25 2 1097 0 0 2 0 1142
2016 17 32 3 1031 3 0 2 0 1088
2017 12 26 4 977 0 0 2 0 1021
2018 7 28 4 906 1 0 5 0 951
2019 9 10 2 560 1 0 1 0 583
2020 16 5 4 560 1 1 2 0 589
2021 11 4 6 480 0 1 1 0 503
2022 8 5 3 503 0 0 3 0 522
2023 14 6 3 482 0 0 3 0 508

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bussey Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 884 54.8 16.1 91.1
2005 772 55.6 13.9 92.6
2006 818 51.0 16.0 88.1
2007 726 46.5 15.6 93.9
2008 722 46.5 15.5 91.6
2009 729 50.5 14.4 92.5
2010 669 47.0 14.2 95.2
2011 926 52.9 17.4 92.8
2012 1030 52.8 19.4 92.3
2013 1030 55.7 18.4 95.6
2014 1095 56.8 19.2 93.4
2015 1142 60.0 19.0 87.6
2016 1088 63.0 17.2 94.8
2017 1021 64.1 15.9 92.9
2018 951 57.5 16.5 95.1
2019 583 36.4 15.9 91.6
2020 589 37.7 15.6 90.5
2021 503 36.4 13.8 94.2
2022 522 32.0 16.3 88.9
2023 508 30.1 16.8 95.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bussey Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 884 54.8 16.1 91.1
2005 772 55.6 13.9 92.6
2006 818 51.0 16.0 88.1
2007 726 46.5 15.6 93.9
2008 722 46.5 15.5 91.6
2009 729 50.5 14.4 92.5
2010 669 47.0 14.2 95.2
2011 926 52.9 17.4 92.8
2012 1030 52.8 19.4 92.3
2013 1030 55.7 18.4 95.6
2014 1095 56.8 19.2 93.4
2015 1142 60.0 19.0 87.6
2016 1088 63.0 17.2 94.8
2017 1021 64.1 15.9 92.9
2018 951 57.5 16.5 95.1
2019 583 36.4 15.9 91.6
2020 589 37.7 15.6 90.5
2021 503 36.4 13.8 94.2
2022 522 32.0 16.3 88.9
2023 508 30.1 16.8 95.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bussey Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,329 (14.2%) $8,053 (85.8%) $9,382
2020 $1,205 (11.8%) $9,025 (88.2%) $10,231
2021 $2,111 (17.4%) $9,997 (82.6%) $12,107

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Bussey Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2961st of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3514th of 4647 Elementary schools
 9.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Bussey Elementary)3635
 1%
   3rd Grade Reading (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))2931
 2%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Bussey Elementary)4439
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))3930
 9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Bussey Elementary)2420
 4%
   3rd Grade Reading (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))2411
 13%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Bussey Elementary)2411
 13%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))1911
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)3123
 8%
4th Grade Reading (Bussey Elementary)3942
 3%
   4th Grade Reading (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))3028
 2%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Bussey Elementary)3240
 8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))3832
 6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Bussey Elementary)3438
 4%
   4th Grade Reading (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))2115
 6%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
4th Grade Mathematics (Bussey Elementary)2316
 7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))1514
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)2622
 4%
5th Grade Reading (Bussey Elementary)3930
 9%
   5th Grade Reading (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))3539
 4%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Bussey Elementary)6142
 19%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))4932
 17%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Bussey Elementary)299
 20%
   5th Grade Science (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))3116
 15%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (Bussey Elementary)6819
 49%
   5th Grade Reading (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))4519
 26%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%
5th Grade Mathematics (Bussey Elementary)287
 21%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Aldine Independent School District (Isd))2010
 10%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)2823
 5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students583508
 12.9%
African American106
 40%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian23
 50%
Hispanic560482
 13.9%
Pacific Islander00
White914
 55.6%
Two or More Races13
 200%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.6%95.3%
 3.7%


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Students at Bussey Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 3% White, 1% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 508 students attended Bussey Elementary.

Students who attend Bussey Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Grantham Academy
High : Aldine High School

Bussey Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.4% of Texas elementary schools.


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