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Bluebonnet Elementary School

Public elementary school in Bastrop, Texas · Bastrop ISD · Grades Pre-K–5

Bluebonnet Elementary School serves 765 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Bastrop (Bastrop County). It is one of 16 schools in Bastrop ISD. By enrollment it is the 570th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 16.3 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.

765
students
16.3
students per teacher
73.9%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K–5
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 46.99 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelElementary
GradesPre-K–5
DistrictBastrop ISD
CountyBastrop County
Area typeRural, distant
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID480957010390

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolBastrop ISDTexas elementary schools (median)
Students76513,370516
Students per teacher16.317.114.8
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible73.9%67%72%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 76% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Bluebonnet Elementary School in context

Size

Of the 8 elementary schools in Bastrop ISD, Bluebonnet Elementary School is the 7th largest, with 5.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 7.2 miles away and have a median of 788 students, so Bluebonnet Elementary School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 3 with 131 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 63, against an average of 109 per grade. This year grade 5 has 37% more students than kindergarten (125 against 91). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 63 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 82% of enrollment, a higher share than across Bastrop ISD (76.7%). White students are next, at 14%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

73.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 67% across Bastrop ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Bluebonnet Elementary School has 46.99 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 765 students would have about 51.7 teachers, so Bluebonnet Elementary School has 4.7 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other elementary school is Compass Rose Harvest, 0.7 miles away in Compass Rose Public Schools. There are 2 elementary schools within 5 miles and 7 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
82%
White
14%
Black
2.1%
Two or more races
1.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.3%

44.7% of students are girls and 55.3% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K
63
Kindergarten
91
Grade 1
126
Grade 2
118
Grade 3
131
Grade 4
111
Grade 5
125

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

416 Fm 1209, Bastrop, TX 78602
Phone: (512)772-7680
Website: bisdtx.org

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Bluebonnet Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Compass Rose HarvestCompass Rose Public Schools0.7 mi49917.352.9%
Colony Oaks Elementary SchoolBastrop ISD3.0 mi82417.951.6%
Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolBastrop ISD5.3 mi77516.785.3%
Mina Elementary SchoolBastrop ISD7.0 mi8011657.3%
Emile Elementary SchoolBastrop ISD7.4 mi60615.252.8%
Camino Real Elementary SchoolBastrop ISD9.5 mi81519.580.9%
Lost Pines Elementary SchoolBastrop ISD9.5 mi89616.482.3%
Del Valle Elementary SchoolDel Valle ISD11.8 mi72615.489.5%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Bastrop ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Bastrop High SchoolHigh9–121,767
Bastrop Intermediate SchoolMiddle6413
Bastrop Middle SchoolMiddle7–8875
Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5815
Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5775
Cedar Creek High SchoolHigh9–122,144
Cedar Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle6478
Cedar Creek Middle SchoolMiddle7–81,059
Colony Oaks Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5824
Colorado River Collegiate AcademyHigh9–12190
Emile Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5606
Genesis High SchoolHigh9–12185
Lost Pines Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5896
Mina Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5801
Red Rock Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5777