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NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS
Set in HOUSTON, Texas, NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS is an expansive K-5 school, operated by BAKERRIPLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. It enrolls 891 students across grade pre-K. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
BAKERRIPLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,808 students. NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%; the rest comes out to 29% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Harris County put 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%. NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NCI CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS has decreased 19%, going from 1,102 students in 2018 to 891 in 2025.
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