List of Houston Independent School District elementary schools

This list includes Houston Independent School District schools that only house the elementary school level. For other schools (including K-8 schools which were previously elementary only), see List of Houston Independent School District schools.

Traditional elementary schools Louisa May Alcott Elementary School (Houston)(Owls) Serves portions of South ParkAlcott Elementary School Attendance Zone," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. Almeda Elementary School (Houston)(Bobcats) Serves portions of Almeda, and City ParkAlmeda Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 19, 2016. As of 1998, 60% of the students were Hispanic and Latino. Since 1994 and as of 1998 the school used the "Success For All" reading program for its English language classes. For bilingual English-Spanish classes it used "Exito Para Todos," the Spanish version.Wertheimer, Linda K. "Houston schools take radically different approaches ." The Dallas Morning News. Sunday May 31, 1998. News 31A. Retrieved on October 22, 2011. As of the same year, many parents have some English fluency, but take English classes four days per week in order to improve it.Sweets, Ellen. "Lap-time Lessons Parents can give children the gift of an early love of reading ." The Dallas Morning News. Tuesday June 2, 1998. 16A. Retrieved on October 23, 2011. Ralph Andy Anderson Elementary School (Houston)(Panthers) This school serves a section of Westbury"Anderson Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 7, 2016. Anderson, initially with a capacity of 600, had it increase to 900 as a new wing opened in 1963. In the late 1990s Anderson Elementary was overcrowded due to increasing student populations in Westbury area apartment complexes.Connelly, Richard. "Peer Pressure." Houston Press. Thursday March 26, 1998. 1. Retrieved on March 11, 2010. In 1996 there were 1,500 students; an additional 300 had been re-assigned to other schools. In 1998 the school had almost 1,600 students. Around that time hundreds of students who were zoned to Anderson were bussed to relief campuses.Connelly, Richard. "Peer Pressure." Houston Press. Thursday March 26, 1998. 2. Retrieved on March 11, 2010. Ashford Elementary School (Houston) (Grades Pre-Kindergarten through 2)(Eagles) The campus was built to hold 540 students. In 1992 the school had 1,052. Bush Elementary opened that year to relieve Ashford. Jewel Askew Elementary School (Houston) (Grades Pre-Kindergarten through 4) Charles H. Atherton Elementary School (Houston) Serves portions of the Fifth WardAtherton Elementary School Attendance Zone," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. By Spring 2011 Atherton and E.O. Smith were scheduled to be consolidated, with a K-8 new campus in the Atherton site."Board Approves School Closings and Consolidations ." Houston Independent School District. November 14, 2008. C. E. Barrick Elementary School (Houston, opened 1949 as Alber-Canino Elementary School) Mamie Sue Bastian Elementary School"Three New Elementary Schools Bring Zoning Changes for Eight Others ." Houston Independent School District.(Houston) Serves portions of South ParkBastian Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. Kate Bell Elementary School (Houston) Serves a section of Missouri City"City Limits." Missouri City. Retrieved on January 4, 2017."Bell Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 4, 2017. Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School (Houston) This school serves portions of Gulfton"Benavidez Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 7, 2016. Benavidez opened to relieve Cunningham Elementary School; Immediately prior to the opening of Benavidez, Cunningham had 1,400 students.Zuniga, Jo Ann. "Afraid to be Counted / New immigrants often bring fears from homelands." Houston Chronicle. Sunday February 20, 2000. A1. Retrieved on May 24, 2009. Benavidez Elementary School, which opened on Tuesday January 21, 1992, relieved Cunningham of around 675 students and 29 teachers.Markley, Melanie. Keeping up with changing times/Crowded campuses get relief as new schools open doors. Houston Chronicle. Monday January 20, 1992. Section A, Page 9. Retrieved on December 13, 2008. Benavidez, along with two other schools,Ellison, David. "Bush elementary, 2 other schools open their doors." Houston Post. Wednesday January 22, 1992. A9. Available at the microfilm desk of the Jesse H. Jones Building of the Houston Public Library Central Library. was a part of a $370 million Houston ISD school construction project, which originated from a school bond approved in March 1989. Rose Garza, the principal of Benavidez, said that the committee determining the name of the school named it after Roy P. Benavidez, a soldier in the Vietnam War who was given the Medal of Honor, because the school wanted to name the school after a Hispanic who could serve as a positive role model to the mostly Hispanic student body that occupied the school when it opened. HISD officials said that the district had little difficulty opening the three schools in the middle of the year, since the same teachers had been teaching the same students while they occupied the previously overcrowded schools in the preceding fall. On its opening day Benavidez referred 400 students to other schools due to overcrowding."Gulfton Community Five Year Plan." Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. June 1999. Retrieved on December 13, 2008. After Benavidez opened, Benavidez and Cunningham each had about 700 students. In 1994, Benavidez had 1,065 pupils and it had to send 200 children to different schools. As of that year, 88% of Benavidez's children were Hispanic.Kolker, Claudia. "The Proposition." November 24, 1994. 1. Retrieved on August 13, 2009. By 1996, both Cunningham and Benavidez became overcrowded.Markley, Melanie. "HISD to begin building three additional schools." Houston Chronicle. Saturday December 22, 1990. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.Kliewer, Terry. "Overcrowded, aging facilities a growing problem." Houston Chronicle. October 8, 1996. Retrieved on December 13, 2008. Joyce Benbrook Elementary School (Houston) Serves parts of Oak ForestBenbrook Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. James Berry Elementary School (Houston) Edward L. Blackshear Elementary School (Houston) This school serves sections of the Third Ward, including parts of Washington Terrace"Blackshear Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 7, 2016. James Butler Bonham Elementary School (Houston) Serves portions of SharpstownBonham Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 23, 2016. From circa 2009 to 2019, there were seven persons who held the post as principal. Melinda Bonner Elementary School (Houston) Braeburn Elementary School (Houston) This school serves portions of Gulfton, Shenandoah, and Maplewood"Braeburn Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 7, 2016. Due to the effect of Hurricane Harvey on the Braeburn campus in 2017, it was to be rebuilt. Briargrove Elementary School (Houston) This school serves Briargrove and Tanglewood as well as a small section of Hunters Creek Village"Briargrove Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 7, 2016. The current Briargrove Elementary School, with a capacity for about 850 students and designed by FKP Architects and built by Heering International Inc., had a cost of about $16 million. The campus divides multiple classes into "pods". The driveway and 60 parking spaces are to the rear of the campus. Andrew Briscoe Elementary School (Houston) This school serves portions of Magnolia Park"Eliot Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. Brookline Elementary School (Houston) Brookline's campus was designed to hold 285 students. In 1992 it had 1,175 students, and therefore it had 35 temporary classrooms. Robert Browning Elementary School (Houston) - Named after Robert Browning Serves parts of NorhillBrowning Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. Blanche Kelso Bruce Elementary School (Houston) - Named after Blanche Kelso Bruce Serves portions of the Fifth Ward and Downtown HoustonBruce Elementary School Attendance Zone," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. due to the proximity of Interstate 45, the school experienced noise pollution and twice the amount of asthma compared to the HISD average. About 99% of the students were black or Hispanic. Luther Burbank Elementary School (Houston) David G. Burnet Elementary School (Houston) Serves portions of the East End, including a part of the Second WardBurnet Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. James D. Burrus Elementary School (Houston) Serves Independence HeightsHelms Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. Barbara Pierce Bush Elementary School (Houston) (Opened midterm 1992) Serves Parkway Villages, Lakes of Parkway, and Briarhills"Bush Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 9, 2016. Bush opened in 1992 and relieved Ashford Elementary. Its capacity is 750 students. In the 2004-2005 school year it had over 1,000 students. Rufus Cage Elementary School (Houston) Serves portions of Eastwood"Cage Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 9, 2016. Edna Carrillo Elementary School (Houston) Serves a section of Eastwood in the East EndCarrillo Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. John E. Codwell Elementary School (Houston) Condit Elementary School (Bellaire) Serves portions of Bellaire outside of the 610 Loop"Condit Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 9, 2016. Ethel R. Coop Elementary School (Houston) Felix Cook Elementary School (Houston, opened in 2006) J. P. Cornelius Elementary School (Houston) Manuel Crespo Elementary School (Houston) Crespo opened in 1992 and relieved Sanchez Elementary and Park Place Elementary. The rate of the school's students passing all TAAS tests declined from 85% to 65%, by two categories of state accountability ratings, between 1998 and 1999; in the latter year 293 students took the test, while in the previous year over half of the population was exempted from taking it, with only 145 taking the tests. David "Davy" Crockett Elementary School (Houston) Serves the First Ward, the Sixth Ward and parts of Downtown HoustonCrockett Elementary School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. It formerly served a small section of the Houston Heights."Crockett Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. September 30, 2007. Retrieved on December 22, 2016."Crockett EL Boundary Map." Houston Independent School District. February 20, 2003. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. Leroy T. Cunningham Elementary School (Houston) This school serves portions of Gulfton and Shenandoah"Cunningham Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 7, 2016.