COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS

COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS is an expansive middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of GALENA PARK ISD. The school serves 991 students in grade 6. Enrollment runs roughly 54% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 26 schools in GALENA PARK ISD (20,862 students total), COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%); the rest is composed of 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 47.5%.

In the surrounding 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%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DR SHIRLEY J WILLIAMSON EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS. On composite proficiency, COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,142 (now 991). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 72% to 80%.

On the community side, members of the COBB 6TH GRADE CAMPUS community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.