RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA

RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA operates as a micro-enrollment primary school in PASADENA, Texas, operated by RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS. Current enrollment sits at 147 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA sits 72% below that benchmark.

RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 1,991 students; RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 3% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of +10.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA is one.

Nearest neighbor: MILLER INT, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. As a public charter, RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Inside the community feed, the feed for RYSS STEM ACADEMY AT FIRST FRIENDS PASADENA typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.