REED ACADEMY

REED ACADEMY is an average-sized K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of ALDINE ISD. The school works with 637 students in grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

ALDINE ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 56,419 students. REED ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, REED ACADEMY logs that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 14% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, REED ACADEMY logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting REED ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, REED ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.6%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. REED ACADEMY is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is HINOJOSA EC/PK/K, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts REED ACADEMY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

REED ACADEMY operates from a residential location.

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