YES PREP - HOBBY

YES PREP - HOBBY operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC. Current enrollment sits at 685 students spanning grades 6 through 11.

YES PREP - HOBBY is one of 24 schools operated by YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, a district that caters to 19,573 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, YES PREP - HOBBY shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 14% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at YES PREP - HOBBY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), YES PREP - HOBBY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 39.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 - HOBBY is one.

The closest other public school is YES PREP HOBBY EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YES PREP - HOBBY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. YES PREP - HOBBY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, members of the YES PREP - HOBBY community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.