MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD

MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, a small K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, enrolls 329 students, covering grades pre-K through K. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 9% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD is one campus in the mix.

ENERGIZED FOR EXCELLENCE ACADEMY ECC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD.

MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 329 in 2025.

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