RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE

RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE is one of the modestly sized 6-8 campuss in HOUSTON, Texas, part of PASADENA ISD, with 500 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE is one of 67 schools operated by PASADENA ISD, a district that instructs 46,491 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TEXASWORKS - HOUSTON-HOBBY, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RICK SCHNEIDER MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 34%: 758 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.