SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, an expansive senior high in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, instructs 1,352 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 70% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL shows that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Asian, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL qualify 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 somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.3%; SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL posts 55.3%, +21.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NEFF EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 21%: 1,119 students in 2018 compared to 1,352 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 81% to 87% over that span.

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