📍 5215 San Felipe, Houston, Harris County, 77056
Tanglewood Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 808 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jenalle Kamila. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tanglewood Middle enrolls 808 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 19% Black or African American and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 403 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 156 | 19% |
| White | 155 | 19% |
| Asian | 60 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
501 of the school's 808 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 488 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tanglewood Middle 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 17, state house district 133.
Tanglewood Middle is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 808 students, Tanglewood Middle is larger than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large