Enrollment
251
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364012618
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men
1700 GREGG ST, HOUSTON, TX 77020 · (713) 226-2668 · Harris County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
192 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 38 | 15% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +56.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 56 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 35.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 33.0% | 22.0% | 10.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 12.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men this school | 251 | 76.5% | 42.3% |
| Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy DALLAS | 342 | 81.3% | 80.4% |
| Young Men's Leadership Academy FORT WORTH | 418 | 74.4% | 50.4% |
| Uplift Hampton Prep High School DALLAS | 414 | 82.1% | 39.3% |
| Crockett High School CROCKETT | 376 | 80.9% | 41.3% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Desoto High School DESOTO | 191 | 83.2% | 38.0% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,069 of 1,385 | #109 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #164 of 1,425 ▲ 271 | #29 of 155 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #762 of 1,425 ▲ 174 | #79 of 155 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +29.5pp | #158 of 1,184 | #23 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,234 of 2,107 | #155 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #287 of 1,344 | #11 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #422 of 1,346 | #49 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #459 of 1,522 | #100 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.9% | #12 of 557 | #1 of 75 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
251
-207 (-45%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 251 | 21.1 | 11.9:1 | 76% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 21.5 | 14.1:1 | 84% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 81% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 63% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 24.7 | 19.9:1 | 67% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 73% (309) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men.
Since 2017-18: students down 49% (491 to 251); teachers down 15% (24.7 to 21.1).
About Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men is a very small high school in Texas, with an address in HOUSTON. It is open to students in grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 251 students. High schools in Texas have about 796 students on average; enrollment here is 68% lower.
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men is one of the 273 schools that make up HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students in total).
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men, the largest share of any group. Next come 45% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. That is in line with Harris County, where about 44% of residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Teacher count: 21.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.9:1. Across high schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Roughly 76% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Texas public high schools, Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.0% for Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men. The school posts 42.3%, 1.3 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
Among nearby public schools, YES Prep - 5th Ward is closest at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 458 to 251. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.3:1 to 11.9:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Nearby schools
- YES Prep - 5th Ward0.4 mi · 933
- Secondary DAEP0.4 mi · 38
- Dogan Elementary School0.7 mi · 448
- Bruce Elementary School0.8 mi · 285
- Atherton Elementary School0.8 mi · 450
- Henderson N Elementary School1.0 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young MenHow many students attend Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men?
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men enrolls approximately 251 students in grades 06-12.
Is Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men have?
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men?
At Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men, the student body is approximately 3% White, 47% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men in?
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.