Friends for Life Middle School
Public middle school (charter) in Houston, Texas · Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School · Grades 6–8
Friends for Life Middle School serves 226 students in grades 6–8 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 1507th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 15.1 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 14.99 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| 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 | 480011322853 |
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 middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 226 | 750 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 15.1 | 17 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 95.1% | 96.8% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 60% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Friends for Life Middle School in context
Size
Friends for Life Middle School is the only middle school in Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School. Its 226 students are 30.1% of the district's 750. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 1.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 425; Friends for Life Middle 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 6 with 88 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 64, against an average of 75 per grade. This year grade 8 has 27% fewer students than grade 6 (64 against 88). 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
The largest group is Hispanic students: 96.5% here and 97.6% across Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr School. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
95.1% 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 65.6% for Texas middle 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 14.99 full-time-equivalent teachers for 226 students, Friends for Life Middle School has 15.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 226 students would have about 15.7 teachers, so Friends for Life Middle 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 middle schools (14.4).
Location
Friends for Life Middle School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School, 0.3 miles away in Ser-Ninos Charter School. Within 10 miles there are 66 other middle schools, 13 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 | 96.5% |
| White | 1.8% |
| Asian | 0.9% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |
46.9% of students are girls and 53.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 88 |
| Grade 7 | 74 |
| Grade 8 | 64 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5503 El Camino Del Rey, Houston, TX 77081
Phone: (713)349-9945
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Friends for Life Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ser-Ninos Charter Middle School | Ser-Ninos Charter School | 0.3 mi | 266 | 16 | 98.5% |
| Southwest Public Schools Lead &global Studies Academy | Southwest Public Schools | 1.3 mi | 284 | 77.4 | 91.9% |
| Pin Oak Middle School | Houston ISD | 1.3 mi | 1,253 | 19.4 | 42.9% |
| Las Americas | Houston ISD | 1.7 mi | 111 | 8.5 | 98.2% |
| Energized for Excellence Academy Inc Middle School | Houston ISD | 2.0 mi | 515 | 32.2 | 96.9% |
| Tanglewood Middle School | Houston ISD | 2.0 mi | 836 | 17.4 | 65% |
| Energized for STEM Academy Middle School | Houston ISD | 2.8 mi | 335 | 37.2 | 94.9% |
| Pershing Middle School | Houston ISD | 2.8 mi | 1,141 | 15.8 | 58.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 524 |