Momentum High School
Public high school in Houston, Texas · Spring ISD · Grades 9–12
Momentum High School serves 176 students in grades 9–12 in Houston (Harris County). It is one of 41 schools in Spring ISD. By enrollment it is the 1399th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 7.8 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 ÷ 22.52 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Spring ISD |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484122012718 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Spring ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 176 | 33,590 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 7.8 | 17.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 90.9% | 80.2% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 9% 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.
Momentum High School in context
Size
Of the 7 high schools in Spring ISD, Momentum High School is the 6th largest, with 0.5% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,221; Momentum High 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.
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 68 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 5, against an average of 44 per grade. This year grade 12 has 1,260% more students than grade 9 (68 against 5). 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 Black students: 49.4% here and 36.4% across Spring ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 46.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
90.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 80.2% across Spring 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 22.52 full-time-equivalent teachers for 176 students, Momentum High School has 7.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 176 students would have about 12.6 teachers, so Momentum High School has 9.9 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Momentum High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Premier H S-Houston (Champions), 0.2 miles away in Premier High Schools. Within 10 miles there are 34 other high 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
| Black | 49.4% |
| Hispanic | 46.6% |
| White | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |
| Asian | 0.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
46.6% of students are girls and 53.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 5 |
| Grade 10 | 43 |
| Grade 11 | 60 |
| Grade 12 | 68 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
14450 Tc Jester Blvd, Houston, TX 77014
Phone: (281)891-6223
Website: springisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Momentum High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier H S-Houston (Champions) | Premier High Schools | 0.2 mi | 109 | 16.3 | 74.3% |
| Texasworks - Houston-Champions | Texas Works | 0.2 mi | 12 | 12 | – |
| Westfield High School | Spring ISD | 2.0 mi | 2,264 | 20.2 | 74.9% |
| Klein Forest High School | Klein ISD | 2.5 mi | 3,418 | 14.3 | 80.1% |
| K E Kaufman Alternative Education Center | Klein ISD | 3.1 mi | 177 | 14.2 | 83.1% |
| Klein High School | Klein ISD | 3.3 mi | 3,366 | 15.3 | 46.8% |
| Richey Academy | Spring ISD | 3.5 mi | 56 | 8.3 | 89.3% |
| Andy Dekaney High School | Spring ISD | 3.7 mi | 2,485 | 18.9 | 79.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.