The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Bush El
Bush Elementary is a small public school in southwest Houston serving pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. The school sits in a densely Hispanic area of the city, with roughly nine in ten students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a student body that is predominantly Latino.
The most immediate fact about Bush is its academic performance. On the most recent state testing data available, the school's proficiency rates are low. In third-grade English language arts, about one in five students scored at proficient or above. Third-grade math was similar. Fourth grade showed somewhat better results in reading, with about two in five proficient, though math data for that grade was too limited to report. The school's overall proficiency index—a measure of performance across tested subjects and grades—places it below the midpoint when compared to other schools in Harris County.
The Spanish-language STAAR assessment is what the school administers, which reflects a student population with deep Spanish language roots. The assessment results suggest that students are encountering the academic material but struggling with mastery. Parents should understand this as a starting point for conversation with the school about what interventions or support structures exist and what growth trajectory the school has shown or is targeting.
State assessment data for grades K through 2 is not available because Texas does not test those grades, so you do not see early literacy or numeracy results for those critical lower grades. The school does not report English learner enrollment numbers or special education enrollment counts, so those pieces of the picture are missing from the data provided here.
The enrollment is small but steady, with about seven hundred forty students across six grade levels. The economic context is severe: over nine in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and nearly all students are from low-income households. Housing in the immediate school area has median home values and rental prices that are well below the county and state benchmarks, reflecting an affordable but economically stressed neighborhood.
Bush is part of Alief ISD, which serves a broad swath of southwest and central Houston. The district covers multiple towns and neighborhoods, though no recent major policy or programmatic changes were available in public reporting. The school itself offers no specialized magnet programs, career pathways, or dual-credit offerings that would be relevant at the elementary level.
What families get at Bush is a neighborhood school in a working-class, immigrant-majority community, with low proficiency rates and substantial economic need among the student body. For families in the area seeking an elementary option, this school's thin performance data warrants direct conversation with school leadership about teaching approach, intervention programs, and what the school is doing to move students toward proficiency.
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