📍 3838 Blue Bonnet, Houston, Harris County, 77025
Pershing Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 1,390 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stephanie Velez. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Pershing Middle enrolls 1,390 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 32% Black or African American and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 570 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 449 | 32% |
| White | 240 | 17% |
| Asian | 85 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 3.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
839 of the school's 1,390 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 820 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pershing 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-70, state senate district 17, state house district 134.
Pershing 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 1,390 students, Pershing 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