PILGRIM ACADEMY

Located at 6302 SKYLINE, in HOUSTON, Texas, PILGRIM ACADEMY is a high-enrollment K-5 school that enrolls 1,233 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under HOUSTON ISD. That puts it 138% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. PILGRIM ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PILGRIM ACADEMY records that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 4% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 98% of students at PILGRIM ACADEMY 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PILGRIM ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +7.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Harris County reports 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. PILGRIM ACADEMY is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: WISDOM H S, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PILGRIM ACADEMY at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

PILGRIM ACADEMY operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 1,144 students in 2018 compared to 1,233 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.