IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE

IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE, a modestly sized elementary school in HUMBLE, Texas, run under TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, teaches 219 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 58% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, which oversees 44 schools and 17,100 students, IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE reports that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 40% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Pacific Islander. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.2%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FRANCIS EL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 32.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - HUMBLE's enrollment has declined 38% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 219). The Black share of enrollment climbed from 40% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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