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Birkes Elementary School

Public Pre-K, Elementary School | Grade Pre-K-5

8500 Queenston Blvd, Houston, TX

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

2.8

3.9

1,018 Students

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GreatSchools Rating

School Details

Head of School
Ms Stacie Everson

Student Teacher Ratio
14:1

Math Proficiency
63%

Reading Proficiency
69%

Academics

Teachers

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Academics

Reading Proficiency

69%

Math Proficiency

63%

Teachers

Student Teacher Ratio

14:1

Teachers

Full Time Teachers

Teachers in First or Second Year

11.5%

Test Scores

Equity

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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor

532:1

Student Diversity

Female

51.2%

Male

48.8%

Hispanic

33.5%

White

26.7%

Black

18.5%

Asian or Pacific Islander

13.9%

Two or more races

Native American

<1%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

<1%

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School Rankings

#92 Most Diverse Public ES in Texas

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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

5.0 Parent

6/28/2023

A Plus, 5 Star. I'm a parent here for 15 years total . Amazing is not worthy of the talent here. better than the best. K -5 4 times since 2008. Keep it up, great work, excellent teachers, outstanding staff, generous parents.

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4.0 other

7/23/2024

This school was amazing and I loved it like some of the the teachers were so great and the staff was amazing some times the learning was so fun they were so nice.

1.0 parent

6/24/2024

We moved here two years ago, had an unsettling experience where my sons teacher ignored his bullying and when I had a convo with her she said “boys will be boys” that same boy threatened my son the next week saying “if I had a gun I would shoot you” they punished the boy after I was livid and went o...

1.0 other

10/19/2023

There is an epidemic of uncaring staff members and rude teachers. The student consolers are useless too. They do not listen to students or try to understand why they are upset. This place is also a breeding ground for bullying, as victims are ignored and bullies are enabled, even when the bullying i...

5.0 parent

2/8/2022

The teachers are great here and so are the staff.My son has had an amazing first two years of school here at Birkes. He learned to read in Kindergarten and continues to progress on or above grade level with very little help from us at home.

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