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What's something SOUTH HOUSTON INT does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003850
South Houston Intermediate School
900 COLLEGE AVE, SO HOUSTON, TX 77587 · (713) 740-0490 · Harris County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
10.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
465 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 7 | 261 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 49% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 South Houston Intermediate School
South Houston Intermediate School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Houston Intermediate School this school | 509 | 91.4% | 37.8% |
| Rick Schneider Middle School HOUSTON | 500 | 92.8% | 39.5% |
| Park View Intermediate School PASADENA | 532 | 89.5% | 43.0% |
| IDEA Lake Houston College Preparatory HOUSTON | 499 | 87.8% | 44.6% |
| Spring Oaks Middle School HOUSTON | 565 | 89.0% | 33.1% |
| Delay Middle School LEWISVILLE | 598 | 89.5% | 22.2% |
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 South Houston Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,040 of 1,635 | #132 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,210 of 1,670 ▲ 131 | #167 of 219 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,230 of 1,670 ▼ 121 | #159 of 219 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #823 of 1,570 | #123 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #1,081 of 1,749 | #172 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #43 of 1,542 | #4 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #1,245 of 1,543 | #176 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #210 of 1,648 | #57 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #141 of 942 | #33 of 145 |
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
509
-225 (-31%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,118
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 509 | 47.9 | 10.6:1 | 91% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 52.2 | 10.9:1 | 87% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 54.3 | 11.2:1 | 93% (561) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 55 | 13.3:1 | 93% (680) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 58.5 | 12.4:1 | 90% (656) |
| 2015-16 | 864 | 59 | 14.6:1 | 86% (739) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 13% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 956 | 64 | 14.9:1 | 62% (595) |
| 1990-91 | 1,118 | 54 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Houston Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (725 to 509); teachers down 18% (58.5 to 47.9).
About South Houston Intermediate School
Federal records list South Houston Intermediate School as a middle school in SO HOUSTON, Texas. Enrollment totals 509 students across grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
PASADENA ISD has 46,491 students spread across 67 schools.
By race and ethnicity, South Houston Intermediate School is 85% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 10% Black and 4% White. The school's Hispanic share is 41 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.
Its staff includes 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.6 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. South Houston Intermediate School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 91%. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
South Houston Intermediate School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Texas public middle schools.
Test results at South Houston Intermediate School are 3.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (37.8% actual, 34.7% predicted).
In Harris County, home to about 4,838,303 people, median household income comes to about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harris County's 1,205 public schools enroll about 886,911 students and include South Houston Intermediate School.
Among nearby public schools, Matthys Elementary School is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of South Houston Intermediate School. South Houston Intermediate School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns South Houston Intermediate School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 31% over 4 years, reaching 509 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.3:1 in 2020-21 to 10.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in SO HOUSTON
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Pearl Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- South Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
Nearby schools
- Matthys Elementary School0.1 mi · 457
- South Houston Elementary School0.4 mi · 422
- Rick Schneider Middle School0.8 mi · 500
- Texans Can Academy - Houston Hobby0.9 mi · 322
- Premier H S - Houston - Hobby1.0 mi · 97
- Texasworks - Houston-Hobby1.0 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About South Houston Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend South Houston Intermediate School?
South Houston Intermediate School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 07-08.
Is South Houston Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Houston Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does South Houston Intermediate School have?
South Houston Intermediate School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at South Houston Intermediate School?
Student demographics at South Houston Intermediate School are roughly 4% White, 85% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is South Houston Intermediate School public or private?
South Houston Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.