HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL

HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL, a very small secondary school in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by HOUSTON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL, works with 192 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 76% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Operationally, HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL answers to HOUSTON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average.

Around the school, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is LOVE EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL has declined 6%, going from 204 students in 2018 to 192 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 14% to 19% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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