Ser-ninos Charter El Ii, Houston TX

Original Research by School Decision on Ser-ninos Charter El Ii

SER-NINOS CHARTER EL II serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Houston's southwest area, near the Bellaire neighborhood. It is a charter school operated by SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL.

The school is small, with an enrollment composed almost entirely of Hispanic students from low-income households. A very substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school does not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, which is typical for schools in the state's accountability system when those populations are small or included in overall counts.

Reading performance shows strength in the upper elementary grades. In fifth grade, proficiency in English language arts reaches a solid level, and approaches proficiency reach a strong majority. Third-grade English proficiency is also respectable. Fourth-grade reading in Spanish shows much lower proficiency, a soft spot a parent may want to explore with the school directly, as it could reflect assessment timing, student composition shifts, or instructional focus.

Math presents a different picture. Third and fourth grades show low proficiency rates, falling well below typical benchmarks. Fifth-grade math improves somewhat, though proficiency remains modest. Across all grades, only a small fraction of students score at the highest performance level in math. Science proficiency in fifth grade is also low.

Overall, when proficiency is averaged across all tested subjects and grades, the school sits below the midpoint among Harris County districts. This suggests academic performance is a significant consideration for families choosing this school. A parent evaluating whether the school's approach is working for their child should look closely at recent progress data for specific grades and request detail on reading and math instructional strategies.

The school is part of Houston's rapid-growth region. Housing in the school's zip code is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks and has appreciated slightly in the past year. Rents have declined slightly. The area is car-dependent; Houston overall lacks traditional zoning and is widely regarded as unwalkable except in pockets like downtown and the Museum District, which are not near this school.

The charter structure gives this school its own governance and curriculum independence from a larger district. No information on program offerings, staffing, or attendance was available in the data reviewed.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 314%

School 14% · District 42% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 413%

School 13% · District 35% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 20% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 57% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 34% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 32% · ▲ 30 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 22% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

This schoolSER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.