AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL

AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH, works with 524 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH, which oversees 2 schools and 750 students, AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.3%; actual is 53.3%, +22.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FRIENDS FOR LIFE MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 513 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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