YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY

YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY, a close-knit secondary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD, educates 494 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY sits 38% below that benchmark.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY logs that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 39% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.2%; this one delivers 64.9%, a residual of +16.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is MACGREGOR EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 494 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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