Our History

 

Nestled in the vibrant heart of Houston, Browning Elementary School has been proudly serving the Houston Heights area for almost 100 years. Our school stands as a beacon of educational excellence and innovation, Browning Elementary is dedicated to fostering an environment where students thrive in academics and develop a lifelong love for learning.

Robert Browning Elementary School is located on the eastern edge of the Heights Community in north-central Houston. A high-quality, rigorous education that connects our inner-city students with the environment has always been important at Browning Elementary.

For decades, a new tree was planted each year on Arbor Day. Even the school's builders understood the importance of the natural world in education when they built the new school around the beautiful old oak that lives in our welcoming courtyard at the heart of the campus, which now provides ample shade for outdoor studies and class picnics.

Our charming campus now boasts several vegetable gardens, a pond, butterfly and hummingbird plantings, a wildflower garden, and a native plants' garden. Students and teachers alike enjoy getting their hands dirty as they plant, tend, and harvest a variety of vegetables year-round. Squeals of delight abound as students discover new plants and tiny critters while searching through our gardens with hand lenses, science notebooks in hand to journal their findings.

Beautiful artwork can be found both inside and outside of our buildings. A professionally painted mural inside our main building shows the connection between man and nature, and a to-scale replica of our solar system painted by Eagle Scouts adorns a wall of our courtyard. Student paintings and clay art line the hallways and sidewalks.

In 2015, Browning became a Dual Language and Global Academy where every child starting in Prekinder or kindergarten will learn in English and in Spanish.  Robert Browning Elementary School ensures learning for all in a respectful...successful... innovative...nurturing...and safe environment.