📍 6400 Westpark Dr Ste 200, Houston, Harris County, 77057
Discovery Middle is an Alternative/PRU serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 263 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Salvador Barrera. It is part of the Southwest Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 18% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Discovery Middle enrolls 263 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Black or African American and 1.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 239 | 91% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 7.6% |
| White | 4 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
253 of the school's 263 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 244 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Discovery Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-70, state senate district 13, state house district 137.
Discovery Middle is one of 5 schools in SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 1,866 students district-wide and employs 101 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 263 students, Discovery Middle is smaller than the district average of about 373 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large