OLLE MIDDLE

OLLE MIDDLE is a heavily attended junior high in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within ALIEF ISD. The school teaches 1,025 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 59% larger than typical.

ALIEF ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 38,610 students; OLLE MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, OLLE MIDDLE records that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Black, 3% Asian, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at OLLE MIDDLE qualify 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.

After controlling for student poverty, OLLE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 33.4%, a residual of -2.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OLLE MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: BOONE EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OLLE MIDDLE comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OLLE MIDDLE has ticked down 7%, going from 1,097 students in 2018 to 1,025 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 66% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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