EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL

As a minimally staffed elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL teaches 48 students from grades pre-K through K, run under TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 91% leaner than typical.

Within TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, which oversees 44 schools and 17,100 students, EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL records that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 42% Black, 10% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.0%; EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL posts 9.3%, -22.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is RODERICK R PAIGE EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.8%.

EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location. As a public charter, EASTEX-JENSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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