Summary:
Zip code 77031 in Houston, Texas, is home to a single elementary school, Bell Elementary, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Houston Independent School District (Isd).
Bell Elementary has 539 students and a student-teacher ratio of 14.1. The school has faced significant academic challenges, with its state ranking dropping from the 29th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 23rd percentile in 2024-2025, before recovering to the 43rd percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026. A critical area of concern is 5th Grade Science, where only 10.29% of students were proficient in 2024-2025, far below the district and state averages. Math proficiency is consistently weak across all grades, with 4th-grade math at just 29.85% in 2024-2025. However, there is a bright spot in 3rd Grade Reading, where 54.1% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, slightly outperforming both the district and state averages.
Despite high per-student spending of $11,435 and nearly 88% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, academic results remain low. The school's ranking history suggests a potential turnaround, but the pattern of strong 3rd-grade reading scores not being sustained into 4th and 5th grades indicates a need for better retention of skills. The Spanish STAAR test shows 0% proficiency, suggesting the bilingual program may need attention. Overall, Bell Elementary is a high-poverty school with some promising signs in early literacy but significant work needed in math and science.
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