COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC

COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC is an all-grades campus of tiny scale in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD, serveing 83 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% below the state mean of about 485.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 8% White, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 2.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $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), COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AUSTIN H S, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC.

COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 86 (now 83). Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 19% to 24%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.