LANDRUM MIDDLE

Located at 2200 RIDGECREST, in HOUSTON, Texas, LANDRUM MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school that hosts 698 students (grades 6 through 8), run under SPRING BRANCH ISD.

Across the 46 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD (33,793 students total), LANDRUM MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LANDRUM MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%); the rest breaks down as 4% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, LANDRUM MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 27.4%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. LANDRUM MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is THE LION LANE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LANDRUM MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LANDRUM MIDDLE has fell 34%, going from 1,053 students in 2018 to 698 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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