A+up High School
Public high school (charter) in Houston, Texas · A+ Unlimited Potential · Grades 9–10
A+up High School serves 47 students in grades 9–10 in Houston (Harris County). It is one of 2 schools in A+ Unlimited Potential. By enrollment it is the 1750th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 12.1 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 3.89 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–10 |
| District | A+ Unlimited Potential |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 480145323193 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | A+ Unlimited Potential | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 47 | 203 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 12.1 | 22.4 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 85.1% | 79.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 34% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
A+up High School in context
Size
A+up High School is the only high school in A+ Unlimited Potential. Its 47 students are 23.2% of the district's 203. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 579 students, so A+up High School is smaller than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 36 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 11, against an average of 24 per grade. This year grade 10 has 69% fewer students than grade 9 (11 against 36). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Black students are the largest group, at 61.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across A+ Unlimited Potential (53.2%). Hispanic students are next, at 36.2%.
85.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79.3% across A+ Unlimited Potential and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
A+up High School has 3.89 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 47 students would have about 3.4 teachers, so A+up High School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Houston Academy for International Studies, 0.5 miles away in Houston ISD. There are 25 high schools within 5 miles and 76 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 61.7% |
| Hispanic | 36.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |
46.8% of students are girls and 53.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 36 |
| Grade 10 | 11 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2410 Hamilton St, Houston, TX 77004
Phone: (713)955-7557
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: A+up High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Academy for International Studies | Houston ISD | 0.5 mi | 473 | 22.5 | 59.2% |
| Hcc Life Skills Program | Houston ISD | 0.7 mi | 69 | 11.5 | 82.6% |
| Young Women's College Prep Academy | Houston ISD | 1.0 mi | 494 | 18.4 | 58.7% |
| Kinder H S for Performing and Visual Arts | Houston ISD | 1.1 mi | 782 | 16.2 | 23.1% |
| H S for Law and Justice | Houston ISD | 1.1 mi | 391 | 16 | 82.1% |
| Yates High School | Houston ISD | 1.4 mi | 685 | 10.7 | 93.3% |
| Carnegie Vanguard High School | Houston ISD | 1.4 mi | 855 | 22.8 | 32.5% |
| Energy Institute High School | Houston ISD | 2.0 mi | 663 | 17.1 | 46.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in A+ Unlimited Potential
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ Unlimited Potential - University | Middle | 6–8 | 156 |