PSTEM ACADEMY

PSTEM ACADEMY, an average-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS, enrolls 482 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 1,991 students; PSTEM ACADEMY is among them.

On demographics, PSTEM ACADEMY shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at PSTEM ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PSTEM ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 45.1%.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PSTEM ACADEMY is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: EARLY COLLEGE STEM ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PSTEM ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PSTEM ACADEMY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.3%.

PSTEM ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, PSTEM ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 48%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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