DEADY MIDDLE

DEADY MIDDLE is one of the compact middle schools in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD, with 413 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, DEADY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DEADY MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Other groups include 4% 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 employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting DEADY MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DEADY MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 31.3%.

In the broader community, Harris County reports that 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), DEADY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

SANCHEZ EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEADY MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEADY MIDDLE at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.9%.

DEADY MIDDLE operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. DEADY MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 43% since 2018, when it stood at 719 (now 413). Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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