FOREST BROOK MIDDLE

As a cozy junior high in HOUSTON, Texas, FOREST BROOK MIDDLE caters to 546 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), FOREST BROOK MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FOREST BROOK MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment; the rest consists of 41% Hispanic. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at FOREST BROOK MIDDLE 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.

After controlling for student poverty, FOREST BROOK MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate 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. FOREST BROOK MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

SHADYDALE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOREST BROOK MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.3%.

FOREST BROOK MIDDLE operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 38%: 877 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 32% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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