THE WILDCAT WAY SCHOOL

THE WILDCAT WAY SCHOOL operates as a cozy elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of SPRING BRANCH ISD. Current enrollment sits at 268 students spanning grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 48% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

SPRING BRANCH ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,793 students; THE WILDCAT WAY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, THE WILDCAT WAY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 16% Asian, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which THE WILDCAT WAY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BENDWOOD SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 10% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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