Enrollment
275
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS·NCES 480002212626
Early College STEM Academy
2950 BROADWAY ST, HOUSTON, TX 77017 · (713) 640-3700 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
263 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 93 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 34% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 22.0% | 38.0% | 27.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 12.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Early College STEM Academy
Early College STEM Academy's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early College STEM Academy this school | 275 | 95.6% | 42.8% |
| Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School HOUSTON | 266 | 98.5% | 39.4% |
| Friends for Life Middle School HOUSTON | 226 | 95.1% | 64.0% |
| Lucy Rede Franco Middle School PRESIDIO | 221 | 94.6% | 37.2% |
| Dorothy Thompson Middle School PROGRESO | 281 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| Salvador Garcia Middle School RIO BRAVO | 361 | 98.1% | 40.7% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Early College STEM Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #807 of 1,635 | #92 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,122 of 1,670 ▼ 567 | #153 of 219 ▼ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,444 of 1,670 ▼ 472 | #196 of 219 ▼ 81 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #940 of 1,570 | #136 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #1,433 of 1,749 | #212 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #653 of 1,542 | #88 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.6% | #1,464 of 1,543 | #214 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #96 of 1,648 | #28 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #709 of 942 | #119 of 145 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
275
-31 (-10%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 275 | 19.4 | 14.2:1 | 96% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 18.5 | 15.1:1 | 98% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 20.4 | 15.9:1 | 97% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 17 | 18.0:1 | 96% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 12.6 | 23.7:1 | 98% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 15 | 20.7:1 | 97% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 99% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Early College STEM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (297 to 275); teachers up 54% (12.6 to 19.4).
About Early College STEM Academy
Federal records list Early College STEM Academy as a middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas. Federal data show 275 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Texas enroll around 643, and this school is 57% below that mark.
The 8 schools of RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS, including Early College STEM Academy, enroll 1,991 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Early College STEM Academy is 98%. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Early College STEM Academy scores 4%.
There are about 14.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Early College STEM Academy, which has 19.4. The ratio is within a point of the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 96%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
On the allk12 Grade, Early College STEM Academy lands at B+, ahead of 65% of Texas public middle schools.
A school with Early College STEM Academy's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 32.9%. Early College STEM Academy scores 42.8%, 9.9 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Early College STEM Academy, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Pstem Academy, is the closest to Early College STEM Academy. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Early College STEM Academy is behind the 45.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 306 to 275. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.0:1 to 14.2:1.
The Early College STEM Academy discussion page is a place for fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS
- Bryss AcademyElementary · 555 students
- Pstem AcademyElementary · 482 students
- Early College T-STEM AcademyHigh · 303 students
- Ryss STEM Academy at First Friends PasadenaElementary · 147 students
- North East STEM AcademyMiddle · 133 students
- Leonel Castillo Early Childhood STEM AcademyElementary · 69 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Pstem Academy0.0 mi · 482
- Early College T-STEM Academy0.0 mi · 303
- Deady Middle School0.4 mi · 413
- Sanchez Elementary School0.5 mi · 378
- Crespo Elementary School0.6 mi · 526
- Park Place Elementary School0.7 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Early College STEM AcademyHow large is Early College STEM Academy?
Early College STEM Academy enrolls approximately 275 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Early College STEM Academy serve?
Early College STEM Academy serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Early College STEM Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Early College STEM Academy is approximately 14.2:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Early College STEM Academy?
At Early College STEM Academy, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic.
Is Early College STEM Academy public or private?
Early College STEM Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.