ANDERSON ACADEMY

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, ANDERSON ACADEMY is a mid-sized elementary-level community, run under ALDINE ISD. It enrolls 568 students across grades 1 through 4.

ANDERSON ACADEMY is one of 76 schools operated by ALDINE ISD, a district that enrolls 56,419 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ANDERSON ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 41% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ANDERSON ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ANDERSON ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.0%.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ANDERSON ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: DREW ACADEMY, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ANDERSON ACADEMY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANDERSON ACADEMY has grew 10%, going from 516 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 64% to 54% across the same window.

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