EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY

EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY is a rural-scale high school in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS. The school educates 303 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY sits 62% smaller than that benchmark.

RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 1,991 students; EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY is among them.

Looking at the student body, EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.5%; EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY posts 54.8%, +23.2 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is PSTEM ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.1%.

EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY has rose 3%, going from 294 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025.

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