📍 11101 Airline Dr, Houston, Harris County, 77073
La Promesa is an Alternative/PRU serving secondary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 254 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ricardo Carmona. It is part of the Aldine Isd school district. It serves grades 9–10 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
La Promesa enrolls 254 students across grades 9–10. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 246 | 97% |
| White | 3 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
243 of the school's 254 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 243 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
La Promesa is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 140.
La Promesa is one of 79 schools in ALDINE ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 56,419 students district-wide and employs 3,510 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 254 students, La Promesa is smaller than the district average of about 714 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large