Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton

Size

Of the 47 high schools in Houston ISD, Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton is the 45th largest, with 0% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 407; Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton 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.

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 11 with 20 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 16, against an average of 18 per grade. This year grade 12 has 11% fewer students than grade 9 (17 against 19). 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: 84.7% here and 61.7% across Houston ISD. Black students are next, at 12.5%.

90.3% of its students are eligible 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

With 6.84 full-time-equivalent teachers for 72 students, Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton has 10.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 72 students would have about 5.1 teachers, so Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton has 1.7 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. Liberty High School (in the same district) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 78 other high schools, 23 of them within 5 miles.

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