Southwest Public Schools 鈥� Harris County, TX

Key statistics

1,866

Students enrolled

5

Public schools

18

Classroom teachers (FTE)

102.9:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 196
Kindergarten 146
Grade 1 139
Grade 2 128
Grade 3 138
Grade 4 139
Grade 5 129
Grade 6 104
Grade 7 94
Grade 8 101
Grade 9 163
Grade 10 153
Grade 11 120
Grade 12 116

By race/ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 90%
Black or African American 6%
White 3%
Two or more races <1%
Asian <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

94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,756 of 1,866 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 94%
Reduced-price lunch <1%

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

$16,481 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $8,106
Support services $7,626
Other (food service, etc.) $748

Where the money comes from

Local 2%
State 79%
Federal 19%

Total revenue $28.4 milliontotal spending $26.9 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 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Large

Total staff (FTE)

25

District office

3333 BERING DR STE 200, Houston TX 77057

Phone

(713) 784-6345

County

Harris County

Official website

NCES District ID

4800125

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About SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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

Southwest Schools was founded in 1999 with the goal of providing an exemplary education to students and parents through a school of choice. Students who attend Southwest Schools bring a diversity of interests, cultures, talents, and proficiencies. They have found an atmosphere that encourages students to develop lifelong values and skills. The mission of Southwest Schools is to provide children and parents the choice of an exemplary education in a unique, community atmosphere that maintains impeccable standards, respects individuality, cultural diversity, and encourages students PreK-12 to reach their true potential.