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If you could change one rule at YES PREP - WEST, what would it be?
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Enrollment
990
High
DISTRICT 954 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC·NCES 480020912401
YES Prep - West
10535 HARWIN DR, HOUSTON, TX 77036 · (713) 967-8200 · Harris County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL990 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
923 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 | 161 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 166 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 153 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 126 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 96 | 10% |
Student demographics
25%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 36.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
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 - West
YES Prep - West's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YES Prep - West this school | 990 | 93.2% | 41.3% |
| Northeast Early College High School AUSTIN | 972 | 91.9% | 24.2% |
| YES Prep - Brays Oaks HOUSTON | 1,051 | 94.4% | 49.8% |
| YES Prep - White Oak HOUSTON | 942 | 93.0% | 43.7% |
| YES Prep North Forest HOUSTON | 991 | 94.0% | 38.1% |
| Carter-Riverside High School FORT WORTH | 1,039 | 90.7% | 31.5% |
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 - West ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #1,095 of 1,385 | #113 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #898 of 1,425 ▲ 60 | #130 of 155 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #645 of 1,425 ▲ 27 | #69 of 155 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #855 of 1,184 | #123 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 990 | #588 of 2,107 | #88 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #979 of 1,344 | #80 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #1,068 of 1,346 | #120 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #112 of 1,522 | #31 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #283 of 672 | #30 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
990
+112 (+13%) vs 2020
+237% since 2010-11, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 990 | 60.6 | 16.3:1 | 93% (923) |
| 2023-24 | 1,000 | 60.3 | 16.6:1 | 93% (926) |
| 2022-23 | 997 | 58.2 | 17.1:1 | 90% (902) |
| 2020-21 | 878 | 54 | 16.3:1 | 94% (826) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 49.4 | 17.5:1 | 48% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 926 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 82% (755) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 69% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YES Prep - West.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (864 to 990); teachers up 23% (49.4 to 60.6).
About YES Prep - West
YES Prep - West is a mid-sized high school that serves part of HOUSTON, Texas. It offers grades 6 through 12 and has 990 students enrolled. That is 24% above the average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
YES Prep - West is one school in YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, a system of 24 schools with 19,573 students.
A large majority of enrollment at YES Prep - West is Hispanic, at 86%. It is also 8% Black and 3% Asian. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 42 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, YES Prep - West scores 25%.
YES Prep - West has 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is 1.2 students per teacher. At YES Prep - West, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 23 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, YES Prep - West is 7.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.3% actual, 33.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In Harris County, home to about 4,838,303 people, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Collins Elementary School sits about 0.3 miles from YES Prep - West. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 41.3% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. YES Prep - West is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 13%.
People who know YES Prep - West can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Collins Elementary School0.3 mi · 788
- Westchase Neighborhood School0.6 mi · 595
- Sneed Elementary School0.8 mi · 922
- Bush Elementary School1.0 mi · 780
- Texas Connections Academy at Houston1.0 mi · 8,641
- Owens Intermediate School1.4 mi · 809
Frequently asked questions
About YES Prep - WestHow many students attend YES Prep - West?
YES Prep - West enrolls approximately 990 students in grades 06-12.
Is YES Prep - West an elementary, middle, or high school?
YES Prep - West is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at YES Prep - West?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at YES Prep - West.
How diverse is YES Prep - West?
YES Prep - West reports a student body of 2% White, 86% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is YES Prep - West public or private?
YES Prep - West is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.