SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD

As a modestly sized middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas, SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD enrolls 284 students from grades 6 through 8, part of SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 56% below typical.

Across the 5 schools in SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1,866 students total), SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder comes out to 10% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD lists 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 77.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS COLLEGE &CAREER PREP ACAD, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site. SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAD &GLOBAL STUDIES ACAD's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 284). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 77.4:1 today.

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