MILBY H S

MILBY H S, a substantial senior high in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, hosts 2,126 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so MILBY H S sits 167% larger than that benchmark.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. MILBY H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MILBY H S logs that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, MILBY H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, 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), MILBY H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is YES PREP EAST END EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MILBY H S. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MILBY H S ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MILBY H S has expanded 25%, going from 1,703 students in 2018 to 2,126 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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