📍 1575 Chantilly, Houston, Harris County, 77018
Black Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 1,329 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kemuel Decastro. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 70.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Black Middle enrolls 1,329 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 70.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 761 | 57% |
| White | 349 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 164 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 16 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
767 of the school's 1,329 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 763 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Black 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 15, state house district 139.
Black 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 1,329 students, Black 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