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EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About 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.
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