HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP

HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC, teacheing 583 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC, which oversees 3 schools and 2,157 students, HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.8%; HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP posts 52.8%, +16.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY - CORAL CAMPUS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP has contracted 22%, going from 745 students in 2018 to 583 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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