H S for Law and Justice

Size

Of the 47 high schools in Houston ISD, H S for Law and Justice is the 37th largest, with 0.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.2 miles away and have a median of 466 students, so H S for Law and Justice is close to their typical size.

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 112 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 91, against an average of 98 per grade. This year grade 12 has 14% fewer students than grade 9 (96 against 112). 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

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 75.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Houston ISD (61.7%). Black students are next, at 19.7%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

82.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79.3% across Houston ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high 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

H S for Law and Justice has 24.42 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 391 students would have about 27.9 teachers, so H S for Law and Justice has 3.5 fewer.

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 Austin High School, 1 miles away in the same district. There are 27 high schools within 5 miles and 72 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.