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Enrollment
458
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364011262
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S
220 N MILBY ST, HOUSTON, TX 77003 · (713) 847-4809 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
358 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
85.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+43.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 43 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
-27 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 24.1:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
92%
was 94%
% Black
4%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S is a 9-12 campus of compact scale in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD, educateing 458 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that hosts 176,727 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S logs that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 82.9%, a residual of +43.1 points.
Around the school, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC FRAGA, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.
On this page, members of the EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
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- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC FRAGA0.1 mi · 130
- RIPLEY HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 322
- RIPLEY HOUSE MIDDLE CAMPUS0.3 mi · 164
- BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE BIOTECH ACADEMY AT RUSK0.7 mi · 325
- LANTRIP EL0.8 mi · 405
- LAURENZO EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR0.9 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About EAST EARLY COLLEGE H SHow large is EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S?
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S serve?
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S is approximately 19.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S?
At EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S, the student body is approximately 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S in?
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.