SAFE HAVEN

Set in HEMPSTEAD, Texas, SAFE HAVEN is an one-room-style high school, operated by UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS UNIVERSITY CHARTER SCHOOL. It works with 12 students across grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 98% smaller than typical.

Within UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS UNIVERSITY CHARTER SCHOOL, which oversees 21 schools and 612 students, SAFE HAVEN is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAFE HAVEN lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 33% White, 17% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Waller County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,397 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Waller County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,294 students), SAFE HAVEN is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HEMPSTEAD EL, roughly 6.8 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site. SAFE HAVEN is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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