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TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON
Set in HOUSTON, Texas, TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON is an expansive all-grades campus, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. It instructs 8,641 students across grades 3 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON sits 1682% above that benchmark.
Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON is one campus in the system.
On demographics, TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 36% White, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON has 280 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 30.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON higher than the state norm the norm.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
WESTCHASE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTON delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 52%: 5,683 students in 2018 compared to 8,641 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 49% to 36%.
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