Enrollment
266
Middle
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 480001811526
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School
5610 GULFTON ST, HOUSTON, TX 77081 · (713) 592-6055 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
262 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 100 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 29% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School→Ser-Ninos Charter High
Based on grade levels within SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School this school | 266 | 98.5% | 39.4% |
| Dorothy Thompson Middle School PROGRESO | 281 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| Early College STEM Academy HOUSTON | 275 | 95.6% | 42.8% |
| Friends for Life Middle School HOUSTON | 226 | 95.1% | 64.0% |
| Lucy Rede Franco Middle School PRESIDIO | 221 | 94.6% | 37.2% |
| Salvador Garcia Middle School RIO BRAVO | 361 | 98.1% | 40.7% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #966 of 1,635 | #118 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,173 of 1,670 ▼ 472 | #161 of 219 ▼ 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #972 of 1,670 ▼ 44 | #122 of 219 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #1,326 of 1,570 | #191 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #1,446 of 1,749 | #213 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,121 of 1,542 | #145 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.0% | #1,472 of 1,543 | #215 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #24 of 1,648 | #11 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.9% | #135 of 437 | #14 of 41 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
266
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+108% since 2010-11, when it was 128
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 266 | 16.6 | 16.0:1 | 98% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 14.5 | 17.3:1 | 100% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 14.6 | 17.7:1 | 100% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 96% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 220 | 12.4 | 17.8:1 | 97% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 188 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 98% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 128 | 9 | 14.2:1 | 86% (110) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (220 to 266); teachers up 34% (12.4 to 16.6).
About Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School runs as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 266 students enrolled. That is 59% below the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL counts 1,193 students in its 4 schools, and Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School is one of them.
At Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School, 99% of students are Hispanic. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. A diversity index of 3% means there is a 3% chance two randomly chosen students at Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. The school's 16.0:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 98%. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, lower than here.
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of Texas public middle schools.
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School is 7.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.4% versus 31.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Harris County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School among them.
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Ser-Ninos Charter High, its nearest public school. Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 39.4% versus a 47.9% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School is run as a public charter school.
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School had 269 students in 2020-21 and 266 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page is set up for the Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL
- Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Ser-Ninos Charter El IIElementary · 246 students
- Ser-Ninos Charter HighHigh · 169 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Ser-Ninos Charter High0.0 mi · 169
- Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School0.1 mi · 512
- Rodriguez Elementary School0.1 mi · 917
- Liberty High School0.3 mi · 352
- Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton0.3 mi · 72
- Friends for Life Middle School0.3 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About Ser-Ninos Charter Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School?
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School serve?
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School is approximately 16.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School?
Student demographics at Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School are roughly 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School?
Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School is overseen by SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.