BLANSON CTE H S

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, BLANSON CTE H S is a substantial high school, one of the schools within ALDINE ISD. It teaches 1,258 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 58% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

Within ALDINE ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 56,419 students, BLANSON CTE H S is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BLANSON CTE H S records that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 9% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BLANSON CTE H S shows 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, BLANSON CTE H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.8%; BLANSON CTE H S posts 76.9%, +38.1 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 BLANSON CTE H S is one.

STEHLIK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLANSON CTE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.7%.

BLANSON CTE H S operates from a suburban location.

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