CULLEN MIDDLE

CULLEN MIDDLE, a low-enrollment intermediate school in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by HOUSTON ISD, hosts 310 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so CULLEN MIDDLE sits 52% below that benchmark.

CULLEN MIDDLE is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that caters to 176,727 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CULLEN MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CULLEN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.2%; this one delivers 28.5%.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which CULLEN MIDDLE is one.

FOSTER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CULLEN MIDDLE comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

CULLEN MIDDLE operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 29%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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