WILLIAMS MIDDLE

WILLIAMS MIDDLE, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD, works with 352 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 45% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. WILLIAMS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WILLIAMS MIDDLE records that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WILLIAMS MIDDLE lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIAMS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.3%, the actual is 24.7%, a residual of -5.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. WILLIAMS MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: HIGHLAND HTS EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAMS MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAMS MIDDLE at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIAMS MIDDLE has decreased 30%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 49% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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