Enrollment
241
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364017019
PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE
4528 LEELAND, HOUSTON, TX 77023 · (713) 924-1700 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
204 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
81.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
72.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+37.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 37 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
241
-22 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 17.5:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
95%
was 95%
% Black
2%
was 0%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE
Located at 4528 LEELAND, in HOUSTON, Texas, PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE is a rural-scale intermediate school that serves 241 students (grades 6 through 8), run under HOUSTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE sits 63% below that benchmark.
PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that caters to 176,727 students overall.
In terms of who attends, PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 2% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.9%; PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE posts 73.9%, +37.0 points above that line.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CAGE EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.
PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE has shrank 8%, going from 263 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- BELLAIRE H SHigh · 3,216 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,968 students
- WESTSIDE H SHigh · 2,729 students
- HEIGHTS H SHigh · 2,426 students
- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- CAGE EL0.0 mi · 319
- AUSTIN H S0.2 mi · 1,181
- EASTWOOD ACADEMY0.3 mi · 365
- COMMUNITY SERVICES-SEC0.4 mi · 83
- LANTRIP EL0.4 mi · 405
- NAVARRO MIDDLE0.5 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE?
PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 241 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE serve?
PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE?
Student demographics at PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE are roughly 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE?
PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.