Houston Academy for International Studies

Size

Of the 47 high schools in Houston ISD, Houston Academy for International Studies is the 34th largest, with 0.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.3 miles away and have a median of 579 students, so Houston Academy for International Studies 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 10 with 134 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 106, against an average of 118 per grade. This year grade 12 has 12% fewer students than grade 9 (106 against 120). 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 61.5% of enrollment, about the same share as across Houston ISD (61.7%). Black students are next, at 24.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

59.2% 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

Houston Academy for International Studies has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 473 students would have about 33.8 teachers, so Houston Academy for International Studies has 12.8 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 Hcc Life Skills Program, 0.4 miles away in the same district. There are 27 high schools within 5 miles and 75 within 10 miles.

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