SOUTHMORE INT

SOUTHMORE INT is a 6-8 campus of average-sized scale in PASADENA, Texas, part of PASADENA ISD, hosting 673 students in grades 7 through 8.

Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, SOUTHMORE INT is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTHMORE INT reports that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, SOUTHMORE INT records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting SOUTHMORE INT tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTHMORE INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 37.4%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTHMORE INT is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is MAE SMYTHE EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTHMORE INT comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 783 students in 2018 compared to 673 in 2025.

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