LAWSON MIDDLE

LAWSON MIDDLE is one of the expansive 6-8 campuss in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, with 1,069 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, LAWSON MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LAWSON MIDDLE shows that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 38% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LAWSON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 36.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate 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%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), LAWSON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GRISSOM EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAWSON MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, LAWSON MIDDLE comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAWSON MIDDLE has ticked down 3%, going from 1,105 students in 2018 to 1,069 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 33% to 38%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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