NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S

NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S, a cozy 9-12 campus in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD, educates 489 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the system.

On demographics, NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S shows that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.5%; actual is 83.1%, +47.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: JANOWSKI EL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 489 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 9% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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