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ANDY DEKANEY H S
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ANDY DEKANEY H S
Set in HOUSTON, Texas, ANDY DEKANEY H S is a big 9-12 campus, run under SPRING ISD. It enrolls 2,485 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 212% above typical.
Within SPRING ISD, which oversees 42 schools and 33,678 students, ANDY DEKANEY H S is one campus in the system.
On demographics, ANDY DEKANEY H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 41% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 131 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ANDY DEKANEY H S higher than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, ANDY DEKANEY H S sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.1%; actual is 24.0%, a gap of -15.1 points.
In the broader community, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $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%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ANDY DEKANEY H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: CAROLEE BOOKER EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANDY DEKANEY H S at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.4%.
ANDY DEKANEY H S operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. ANDY DEKANEY H S's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 2,363 (now 2,485). The Black share of enrollment fell from 54% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.
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