ENERGY INSTITUTE H S

ENERGY INSTITUTE H S is a senior high of low-enrollment scale in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, instructing 663 students in grades 9 through 12.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. ENERGY INSTITUTE H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ENERGY INSTITUTE H S logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 27% White, 23% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Harris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ENERGY INSTITUTE H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.6%; actual is 82.0%, +28.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. ENERGY INSTITUTE H S is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

THE LAWSON ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ENERGY INSTITUTE H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 706 students in 2018 compared to 663 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 58% to 41%.

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