WASHINGTON B T H S

As a mid-sized senior high in HOUSTON, Texas, WASHINGTON B T H S educates 811 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. WASHINGTON B T H S is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WASHINGTON B T H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 46% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WASHINGTON B T H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WASHINGTON B T H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 29.9%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the broader community, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 WASHINGTON B T H S is one.

BURRUS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WASHINGTON B T H S comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. WASHINGTON B T H S's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 811). Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the WASHINGTON B T H S community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.