PIN OAK MIDDLE

PIN OAK MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of substantial scale in BELLAIRE, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, serveing 1,253 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 95% above the state mean of about 643.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. PIN OAK MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PIN OAK MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 30% White, 15% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PIN OAK MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.1%; actual is 73.8%, +18.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows 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. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), PIN OAK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CHALLENGE EARLY COLLEGE H S, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PIN OAK MIDDLE comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,246 students in 2018 compared to 1,253 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 30% across the same window.

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