Houston Heights Charter School
Public high school (charter) in Houston, Texas · Houston Heights High School · Grades 9–12
Houston Heights Charter School serves 192 students in grades 9–12 in Houston (Harris County). It is the only school in Houston Heights High School. By enrollment it is the 1365th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 11.2 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 ÷ 17.21 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Houston Heights High School |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480011508239 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Houston Heights High School | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 192 | 192 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 11.2 | 11.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 28% 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.
Houston Heights Charter School in context
Size
Houston Heights Charter School is the only school in Houston Heights High School, so its 192 students are the district's whole enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.8 miles away and have a median of 833 students, so Houston Heights Charter School is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools. 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 12 with 103 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 25, against an average of 48 per grade. This year grade 12 has 312% more students than grade 9 (103 against 25). 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 77.1% of enrollment, a higher share than across Texas public schools (53.5%). Black students are next, at 18.8%.
It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. State shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Houston Heights Charter School has 17.21 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 192 students would have about 13.7 teachers, so Houston Heights Charter School has 3.5 more.
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 Heights High School, 0.9 miles away in Houston ISD. There are 22 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
| Hispanic | 77.1% |
| Black | 18.8% |
| White | 4.2% |
53.6% of students are girls and 46.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 25 |
| Grade 10 | 33 |
| Grade 11 | 31 |
| Grade 12 | 103 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1125 Lawrence St, Houston, TX 77008
Phone: (713)868-9797
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Houston Heights Charter School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heights High School | Houston ISD | 0.9 mi | 2,426 | 19.7 | 60.5% |
| Washington B T High School | Houston ISD | 2.4 mi | 811 | 11.1 | 97.5% |
| Waltrip High School | Houston ISD | 2.4 mi | 1,615 | 17 | 79.6% |
| Harper DAEP | Houston ISD | 2.6 mi | 76 | 3.7 | 90.8% |
| Carnegie Vanguard High School | Houston ISD | 2.9 mi | 855 | 22.8 | 32.5% |
| Northside High School | Houston ISD | 3.0 mi | 1,058 | 14.4 | 95.6% |
| Texans Can Academy - Houston North | Texans Can Academies | 3.3 mi | 254 | 42.3 | 84.6% |
| North Houston Early College High School | Houston ISD | 3.4 mi | 489 | 21.3 | 87.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.