YOUNGBLOOD INT

YOUNGBLOOD INT is one of the mid-sized junior highs in HOUSTON, Texas, run under ALIEF ISD, with 864 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

ALIEF ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 38,610 students; YOUNGBLOOD INT is among them.

On demographics, YOUNGBLOOD INT logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Asian, 19% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, YOUNGBLOOD INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 33.8%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 YOUNGBLOOD INT is one.

ALEXANDER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YOUNGBLOOD INT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOUNGBLOOD INT at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YOUNGBLOOD INT has decreased 17%, going from 1,044 students in 2018 to 864 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 44% to 57%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.