Enrollment
298
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002503
JONES FUTURES ACADEMY
7414 ST LO RD, HOUSTON, TX 77033 · (713) 733-1111 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
281 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
298
-132 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.1:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
70%
was 71%
% Black
28%
was 28%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JONES FUTURES ACADEMY
JONES FUTURES ACADEMY is a four-year high school of rural-scale scale in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, enrolling 298 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 63% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
JONES FUTURES ACADEMY is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that educates 176,727 students overall.
Looking at the student body, JONES FUTURES ACADEMY reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 28% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JONES FUTURES ACADEMY has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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, JONES FUTURES ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 49.5%, a residual of +16.8 points.
In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), JONES FUTURES ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: KELSO EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JONES FUTURES ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, JONES FUTURES ACADEMY comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JONES FUTURES ACADEMY has ticked down 31%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- BELLAIRE H SHigh · 3,216 students
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- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- KELSO EL0.7 mi · 364
- BASTIAN EL0.7 mi · 633
- ALCOTT EL0.9 mi · 202
- YES PREP - SOUTHSIDE1.0 mi · 860
- SOUTHSIDE EL1.0 mi · 675
- MADING EL1.3 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About JONES FUTURES ACADEMYHow large is JONES FUTURES ACADEMY?
JONES FUTURES ACADEMY enrolls approximately 298 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does JONES FUTURES ACADEMY serve?
JONES FUTURES ACADEMY serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does JONES FUTURES ACADEMY have?
JONES FUTURES ACADEMY employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at JONES FUTURES ACADEMY?
Student demographics at JONES FUTURES ACADEMY are roughly 1% White, 70% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is JONES FUTURES ACADEMY in?
JONES FUTURES ACADEMY is part of HOUSTON ISD.
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