YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS

YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in HOUSTON, Texas, run under YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC. Current enrollment sits at 1,051 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

Within YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, which oversees 24 schools and 19,573 students, YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS logs that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 59 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. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.7%; YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS posts 50.8%, +18.1 points above that line.

Around the school, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS is one.

Nearest neighbor: TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON SOUTHWEST, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 28.4%.

YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS operates from a downtown location. As a public charter, YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YES PREP - BRAYS OAKS has grew 11%, going from 943 students in 2018 to 1,051 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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