Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH·NCES 480011308237
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School
5503 EL CAMINO DEL REY, HOUSTON, TX 77081 · (713) 349-9945 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
511 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 95 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School→Friends for Life Middle School
Based on grade levels within AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 66.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 64.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School this school | 524 | 97.5% | 55.0% |
| Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School SAN JUAN | 509 | 98.2% | 46.6% |
| Zeferino Farias Elementary School ALAMO | 520 | 97.1% | 33.7% |
| F P Caillet Elementary School DALLAS | 552 | 97.8% | 35.3% |
| Corina Pena Elementary School PENITAS | 523 | 96.6% | 30.2% |
| Heights Elementary School LAREDO | 508 | 98.2% | 78.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,061 of 4,401 | #114 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,006 of 4,466 ▼ 1,045 | #273 of 625 ▼ 162 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,790 of 4,466 ▼ 639 | #230 of 625 ▼ 110 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #262 of 3,998 | #28 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #2,299 of 4,938 | #445 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #4,222 of 4,622 | #595 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #4,382 of 4,628 | #652 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #232 of 4,789 | #72 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #1,176 of 1,307 | #133 of 148 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
524
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
+66% since 2000-01, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 98% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 26.5 | 18.2:1 | 99% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 23.2 | 16.8:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 99% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 26.7 | 19.2:1 | 98% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 97% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 99% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 13 | 24.2:1 | 94% (296) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (513 to 524); teachers up 9% (26.7 to 29).
About Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in HOUSTON. A federal count lists 524 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH is responsible for 2 schools, Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School included, with 750 students in all.
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School enrolls a student body that is 98% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Harris County is roughly 44% Hispanic. Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School reports 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Harris County report 70%.
allk12 grades Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is a top-10% school in Texas on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.0% with an actual 55.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
Of nearby public schools, Friends for Life Middle School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is ahead of the 45.2% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
NCES assigns Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is a public charter school.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 524 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 502. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.1:1) than in 2020-21 (16.7:1).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH
- Friends for Life Middle SchoolMiddle · 226 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Friends for Life Middle School0.0 mi · 226
- Rodriguez Elementary School0.3 mi · 917
- Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School0.3 mi · 512
- Ser-Ninos Charter High0.3 mi · 169
- Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School0.3 mi · 266
- Liberty High School0.5 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter SchoolHow many students attend Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School?
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School serve?
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is approximately 18.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School?
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School reports a student body of 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School?
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is overseen by AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH in Harris County.
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