KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

Located at 790 AUSTIN ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS is a middle-of-the-pack senior high that caters to 782 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by HOUSTON ISD.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS logs that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 19% Black, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.

On the resource side, KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 63.8%; actual is 89.3%, +25.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 753 students in 2018 compared to 782 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 32% across the same window.

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