Our campus has been serving the community since August 14, 1996. Burton is named after Walter Moses Burton, a remarkable man. Burton was brought to Texas from North Carolina as a slave. While enslaved his master taught him to read and write, skills that eventually served him well. After a very inauspicious beginning, he entered into politics and in 1869 became the first African-American sheriff in Fort Bend County. To commemorate his accomplishment, our school mascot is known as the Burton Sheriff. In 1873, he became a Texas State Senator. In the Senate he championed the education of African Americans. Among the many bills that he helped push through was one that called for the establishment of Prairie View Normal School (now Prairie View A&M University). He died in 1913, but he will forever be remembered at Walter Moses Burton Elementary. 

WBE exists to set high academic expectations, building trust in a safe, inclusive environment that promotes a positive culture of academic, emotional, and personal growth while providing opportunities for parent and community involvement.

We are an academic force that partners with parents to guide a community of learners toward reaching their full potential, by being committed to service and setting high expectations for academic excellence.