SPRING WOODS MIDDLE

Located at 9810 NEUENS, in HOUSTON, Texas, SPRING WOODS MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle-grades school that instructs 778 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by SPRING BRANCH ISD. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 46 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD (33,793 students total), SPRING WOODS MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SPRING WOODS MIDDLE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% Black, 4% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SPRING WOODS MIDDLE has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SPRING WOODS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.9%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 SPRING WOODS MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PINE SHADOWS EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SPRING WOODS MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPRING WOODS MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. SPRING WOODS MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 876 (now 778).

In the discussion threads here, members of the SPRING WOODS MIDDLE community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.