NORTH CENTRAL EL

NORTH CENTRAL EL is an elementary campus of large scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, serveing 863 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so NORTH CENTRAL EL sits 66% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 24 schools in YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC (19,573 students total), NORTH CENTRAL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, NORTH CENTRAL EL shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORTH CENTRAL EL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH CENTRAL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTH CENTRAL EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: YES PREP - NORTH CENTRAL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH CENTRAL EL. On composite proficiency, NORTH CENTRAL EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. NORTH CENTRAL EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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