📍 5320 Yale, Houston, Harris County, 77091
H S Ahead Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 138 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Megan Lyndersay. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
H S Ahead Academy enrolls 138 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Hispanic or Latino, 44% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 54% |
| Black or African American | 61 | 44% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
138 of the school's 138 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 138 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.
H S Ahead 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 140.
H S Ahead 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 138 students, H S Ahead Academy 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