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SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL

Houston, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,193
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
70
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 83
  • Kindergarten 113
  • Grade 1 122
  • Grade 2 107
  • Grade 3 117
  • Grade 4 110
  • Grade 5 106
  • Grade 6 100
  • Grade 7 88
  • Grade 8 78
  • Grade 9 81
  • Grade 10 46
  • Grade 11 42

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 98%
  • Asian 1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • White <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,156 of 1,193 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 92%
  • Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$11,273 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,226
  • Support services $3,190
  • Other (food service, etc.) $857

Where the money comes from

  • Local 2%
  • State 65%
  • Federal 33%

Total revenue $20.9 milliontotal spending $13.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 11

Locale (NCES)

City: Large

Total staff (FTE)

110

District office

5815 ALDER DR, Houston TX 77081

County

Harris County

Official website

NCES District ID

4800018

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About SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

SER-Niños was established in 1996 by Dianne Mancus, the Houston Hispanic Forum and community members. In 1996 SER-Niños opened it campus at the Bellaire Christian Church in the heart of the Houston Gulfton community. The school began with 155 students PreK to fourth grade. In 1997 fifth grade was added and in 2004 middle school was added. SER-Niños offers high quality instruction, enrichment activities and family support to help students excel academically, socially and emotionally. Mission Statement: SER-Niños Charter School is a public school which provides an innovative dual language curriculum in the Gulfton area of Houston, Texas. It offers a high quality education through public and private funding to at-risk children in grades Pre-K through eight. SER-Niños was founded on the premise that every child can develop the characteristics and abilities to overcome economic hardship and achieve success. SER-Niños actively involves teachers, parents, and the community to ensure the strong and positive development of the whole child.
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