SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 526 students in grades pre-K through 5.

SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,866 students; SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is among them.

On demographics, SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Other groups include 5% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 77.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: STEP CHARTER II, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS INT'L LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 10% to 5% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 77.0:1 in 2025.

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