HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER

HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is one of the one-room-style multi-level schools in HOUSTON, Texas, part of EXCEL ACADEMY, with 165 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.

HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is one of 4 schools operated by EXCEL ACADEMY, a district that educates 302 students overall.

On demographics, HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 98% of students at HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER 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.

Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 184 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 34% to 40%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.