SST THE WOODLANDS

SST THE WOODLANDS is a medium-sized K-5 school in TOMBALL, Texas, run under SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. The school educates 559 students in grades pre-K through 8.

SST THE WOODLANDS is one of 7 schools operated by SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, a district that teaches 5,602 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SST THE WOODLANDS records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 16% Black, 12% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SST THE WOODLANDS has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible 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 south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SST THE WOODLANDS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 63.4%, a residual of +8.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SST THE WOODLANDS is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: ISCHOOL-CREEKSIDE, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SST THE WOODLANDS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 80.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, SST THE WOODLANDS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. SST THE WOODLANDS's enrollment has expanded 18% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 559). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 41% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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