HOLLAND MIDDLE

Located at 1600 GELLHORN, in HOUSTON, Texas, HOLLAND MIDDLE is a compact intermediate school that educates 476 students (grades 6 through 8), run under HOUSTON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 643.

HOLLAND MIDDLE is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that serves 176,727 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HOLLAND MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 98% of students at HOLLAND MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOLLAND MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.2%; this one delivers 33.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (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. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HOLLAND MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

PLEASANTVILLE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOLLAND MIDDLE comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

HOLLAND MIDDLE operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 29%: 668 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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