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Enrollment
948
High
DISTRICT 954 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC·NCES 480020912692
YES Prep - Northside
5215 JENSEN DR, HOUSTON, TX 77026 · (713) 924-0400 · Harris County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL948 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
884 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 158 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 110 | 12% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 37.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like YES Prep - Northside
YES Prep - Northside's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YES Prep - Northside this school | 948 | 93.2% | 41.2% |
| YES Prep - 5th Ward HOUSTON | 933 | 92.9% | 46.9% |
| YES Prep - White Oak HOUSTON | 942 | 93.0% | 43.7% |
| YES Prep - Brays Oaks HOUSTON | 1,051 | 94.4% | 49.8% |
| YES Prep - Southwest HOUSTON | 1,060 | 92.4% | 52.9% |
| YES Prep North Forest HOUSTON | 991 | 94.0% | 38.1% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where YES Prep - Northside ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #1,098 of 1,385 | #114 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #566 of 1,425 ▲ 187 | #87 of 155 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #709 of 1,425 ▲ 59 | #75 of 155 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #433 of 1,184 | #60 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 948 | #604 of 2,107 | #90 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #898 of 1,344 | #65 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.6% | #1,156 of 1,346 | #143 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #110 of 1,522 | #30 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #552 of 672 | #57 of 64 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
948
-26 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 948 | 59.5 | 15.9:1 | 93% (884) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 61.3 | 15.5:1 | 94% (894) |
| 2022-23 | 941 | 54.4 | 17.3:1 | 89% (841) |
| 2020-21 | 974 | 55 | 17.7:1 | 95% (923) |
| 2017-18 | 916 | 56.8 | 16.1:1 | 47% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 90% (611) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YES Prep - Northside.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (916 to 948); teachers up 5% (56.8 to 59.5).
About YES Prep - Northside
YES Prep - Northside is a high school located in HOUSTON, Texas, in Harris County. Students in grades 6 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 948 students.
YES Prep - Northside belongs to YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, a district of 24 schools and 19,573 students.
YES Prep - Northside is 92% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 7% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Harris County's population at about 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, YES Prep - Northside scores 15%.
Based on 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, YES Prep - Northside has a ratio of 15.9:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is 0.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 93%. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.9% at YES Prep - Northside; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.2%.
Harris County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, YES Prep - Northside among them.
YES Prep - Northside's closest public school neighbor is Ross Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: YES Prep - Northside ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 41.2% versus a 29.7% average.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). YES Prep - Northside operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decrease, from 974 to 948. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.7:1 to 15.9:1.
The YES Prep - Northside discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
- YES Prep - SouthwestHigh · 1,060 students
- YES Prep - Brays OaksHigh · 1,051 students
- YES Prep - GulftonHigh · 1,039 students
- YES Prep - East EndHigh · 1,014 students
- YES Prep - NorthlineHigh · 1,004 students
- YES Prep - North CentralHigh · 1,002 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Ross Elementary School0.5 mi · 262
- Key Middle School0.8 mi · 516
- Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School1.1 mi · 48
- Looscan Elementary School1.2 mi · 229
- Texans Can Academy - Houston North1.2 mi · 254
- Roderick R Paige Elementary School1.4 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About YES Prep - NorthsideHow large is YES Prep - Northside?
YES Prep - Northside enrolls approximately 948 students in grades 06-12.
Is YES Prep - Northside an elementary, middle, or high school?
YES Prep - Northside is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does YES Prep - Northside have?
YES Prep - Northside employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at YES Prep - Northside?
Student demographics at YES Prep - Northside are roughly 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is YES Prep - Northside in?
YES Prep - Northside is part of YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC.
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