📍 900 W Gray St, Houston, Harris County, 77019
Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 627 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Veronica Rodriguez. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy enrolls 627 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 9.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 428 | 68% |
| White | 104 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3% |
| Asian | 16 | 2.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
284 of the school's 627 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 280 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.
Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy 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 15, state house district 147.
Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy 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 627 students, Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy 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
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