HOUSTON ACADEMY

HOUSTON ACADEMY is one of the low-enrollment junior highs in HOUSTON, Texas, run under ALDINE ISD, with 372 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 76 schools in ALDINE ISD (56,419 students total), HOUSTON ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, HOUSTON ACADEMY logs that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 45% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HOUSTON ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.0%.

In the broader community, 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. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HOUSTON ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: REECE ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOUSTON ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, HOUSTON ACADEMY comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 38%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 54% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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