YES PREP - WEST

YES PREP - WEST operates as a mid-tier 9-12 campus in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC. Current enrollment sits at 990 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 24% above typical.

YES PREP - WEST is one of 24 schools operated by YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, a district that works with 19,573 students overall.

On the student-mix side, YES PREP - WEST shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Beyond that, the school logs 8% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, YES PREP - WEST shows 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, YES PREP - WEST tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 - WEST is one.

Nearest neighbor: COLLINS EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), YES PREP - WEST ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. YES PREP - WEST operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. YES PREP - WEST's enrollment has grew 15% since 2018, when it stood at 864 (now 990). Hispanic enrollment moved from 80% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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