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ALBRIGHT MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALBRIGHT MIDDLE
ALBRIGHT MIDDLE is a mid-tier junior high in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within ALIEF ISD. The school caters to 945 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 47% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
ALIEF ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 38,610 students; ALBRIGHT MIDDLE is among them.
Demographically, ALBRIGHT MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 15% Asian, 5% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, ALBRIGHT MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.9%; this one delivers 41.4%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), ALBRIGHT MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is PETROSKY EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALBRIGHT MIDDLE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.0%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. ALBRIGHT MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,146 (now 945). Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
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