OPPORT AWARENESS CTR

OPPORT AWARENESS CTR is a high school of one-room-style scale in KATY, Texas, operated by KATY ISD, instructing 170 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 79% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; OPPORT AWARENESS CTR is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OPPORT AWARENESS CTR logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 34% Black, 16% White, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, OPPORT AWARENESS CTR has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. OPPORT AWARENESS CTR is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: HARRIS CO SCH FOR ACCELERATED LRN, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 113%: 80 students in 2018 compared to 170 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 26% to 16%.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.