📍 6900 Turtlewood, Houston, Harris County, 77072
Owens Int is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 859 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Maria Gonzales-rojas. It is part of the Alief Isd school district. It serves grades 5–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Owens Int enrolls 859 students across grades 5–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 10% Black or African American and 5.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 690 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 86 | 10% |
| Asian | 46 | 5.4% |
| White | 26 | 3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
765 of the school's 859 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 728 qualify for free lunch and 37 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Owens Int 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-70, state senate district 13, state house district 149.
Owens Int is one of 48 schools in ALIEF ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 38,610 students district-wide and employs 2,966 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 859 students, Owens Int is close to the district average of about 804 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large