Middle · Texas
Friends for Life Middle
CharterFree meals for allFriends for Life Middle, a public middle school in Houston, Texas: grades 6–8, 226 students, 15.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr Sch.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 226
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 60% of middle schools in Texas
Median 14.4 · 1,726 schools compared
More students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 87% of middle schools in Texas
Median 633 · 1,741 schools compared
Smaller than 84% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%65%proficient
−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 79% of middle schools in Texas
Median 51% · 1,712 middle schools compared
196 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%66%proficient
+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 93% of middle schools in Texas
Median 35% · 1,711 middle schools compared
195 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr Sch.
Location
- Address
- 5503 El Camino del Rey, Houston, TX 77081
- Phone
- (713)349-9945
- City or town
- Houston
- County
- Harris County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ser-Ninos Charter MiddleCharter | 6–8 | 266 | 16.0 | 48% | 36% |
Southwest Public Schools Lead &Global Studies AcadCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–8 | 284 | 77.4 | 37% | 21% |
Pin Oak MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,253 | 19.4 | 85% | 71% |
Las AmericasAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–8 | 111 | 8.5 | 2.7% | 14% |
Energized for Excellence Academy Inc MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 515 | 32.2 | 50% | 41% |
Tanglewood MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 836 | 17.4 | 47% | 31% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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