ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE

ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE operates as a close-knit middle school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS). Current enrollment sits at 449 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 643.

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS) comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,497 students; ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%); the rest looks like 12% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.8%; ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE posts 20.1%, -15.7 points below that line.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES EL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ILTEXAS HOUSTON WINDMILL LAKES MIDDLE has increased 40%, going from 321 students in 2018 to 449 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 17% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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