Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School
Public elementary school (charter) in Houston, Texas · Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School · Grades Pre-K–5
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School serves 524 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Houston (Harris County). It is one of 2 schools in Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School. By enrollment it is the 2292nd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 18.1 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 29.01 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480011308237 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 524 | 750 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 18.1 | 17 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 97.5% | 96.8% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 92% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School in context
Size
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is the only elementary school in Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School. Its 524 students are 69.9% of the district's 750. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 0.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 782; Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter 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 pre-K with 95 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 61, against an average of 75 per grade. This year grade 5 has 11% fewer students than kindergarten (73 against 82). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 95 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 98.1% here and 97.6% across Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
97.5% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 96.8% across Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 29.01 full-time-equivalent teachers for 524 students, Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School has 18.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 524 students would have about 35.4 teachers, so Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School has 6.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Rodriguez Elementary School, 0.3 miles away in Houston ISD. Within 10 miles there are 219 other elementary schools, 58 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 98.1% |
| Black | 1.3% |
| White | 0.4% |
| Asian | 0.2% |
50.6% of students are girls and 49.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 95 |
| Kindergarten | 82 |
| Grade 1 | 72 |
| Grade 2 | 70 |
| Grade 3 | 71 |
| Grade 4 | 61 |
| Grade 5 | 73 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5503 El Camino Del Rey, Houston, TX 77081
Phone: (713)349-9945
Website: amigosporvida.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodriguez Elementary School | Houston ISD | 0.3 mi | 917 | 18 | 97.9% |
| Ser-Ninos Charter Elementary School | Ser-Ninos Charter School | 0.3 mi | 512 | 17.8 | 95.5% |
| Cunningham Elementary School | Houston ISD | 0.7 mi | 562 | 17.3 | 92.9% |
| Benavidez Elementary School | Houston ISD | 0.9 mi | 782 | 14.9 | 99.6% |
| School at St George Place | Houston ISD | 1.0 mi | 781 | 18.2 | 54.8% |
| Pilgrim Academy | Houston ISD | 1.0 mi | 1,233 | 18.2 | 97.6% |
| Mandarin Immersion Magnet School | Houston ISD | 1.1 mi | 822 | 17.7 | 22.4% |
| Ser-Ninos Charter El II | Ser-Ninos Charter School | 1.1 mi | 246 | 22.5 | 98.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends for Life Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 226 |