📍 4000 Kelley St, Houston, Harris County, 77026
Key Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 615 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dawnyell Brown. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Key Middle enrolls 615 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 46% Hispanic or Latino and 2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 318 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 282 | 46% |
| White | 12 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
613 of the school's 615 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 609 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.
Key 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 13, state house district 142.
Key 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 615 students, Key Middle is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large