📍 6501 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, Harris County, 77074
Las Americas is an Alternative/PRU serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 230 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jose Lopez. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades 4–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Las Americas enrolls 230 students across grades 4–8. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Asian and 4.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 181 | 79% |
| Asian | 31 | 13% |
| White | 11 | 4.8% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
229 of the school's 230 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 229 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Las Americas 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 137.
Las Americas 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 230 students, Las Americas is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large