DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H S

DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H S, a well-populated all-grades campus in HOUSTON, Texas, run under PASADENA ISD, caters to 1,486 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 206% larger than the state mean of about 485.

Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H S is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H S logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 5% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.9%; actual is 67.6%, +28.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $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. DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H S is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

CARTER LOMAX MIDDLE 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, DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

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