Eastex-jensen Neighborhood School, Houston TX

Original Research by School Decision on Eastex-jensen Neighborhood School

Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School is a charter school serving prekindergarten through eighth grade in northeast Houston, operated by Texas College Preparatory Academies. It is a small school, with most grade levels enrolling around a dozen to just over twenty students. The school is heavily economically disadvantaged: nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is majority Hispanic with a substantial Black enrollment and very few white students.

The academic results are very low across all tested subjects and grades. In mathematics, measured through the state STAAR assessment, proficiency rates in the most recent school year ranged from zero across several grades to around ten to thirteen percent in others. In English language arts, results are similarly weak, ranging mostly from zero to around twenty percent, with eighth grade showing a somewhat higher rate around thirty percent. Science proficiency at fifth and eighth grades sits in the single digits or at zero. Across the school, the overall proficiency index is well below the midpoint among Harris County's other public school districts—the school sits in the bottom quartile of county performance. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school itself about what instructional changes, support services, and assessment approaches are in place or planned.

The enrollment is tiny at the upper grade levels: grades six through eight each enroll fewer than a dozen students, which raises questions about course offerings, peer diversity, and whether the school has the critical mass needed to support middle school transitions effectively. The lower grades, particularly prekindergarten, carry notably larger cohorts.

Texas College Preparatory Academies operates as a network of charter schools with widely varying performance. While the district itself earned a mid-range accountability rating, individual campuses range from top-rated to failing; a parent or guardian considering Eastex-Jensen would be wise to evaluate this specific school's instructional direction and supports rather than rely on the district-level label.

The school sits on Curry Road in a neighborhood of modest housing values that have declined slightly in recent months. The area is part of the fast-growing Houston metro region, though demographic trends within the immediate zone warrant direct inquiry with the school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 44% · ▼ 44 pts below district

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 39 pts below county median

Grade 410%

School 10% · District 22% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 0% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 39% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 710%

School 10% · District 38% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 37% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 58% · ▼ 58 pts below district

▼ 46 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 56% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 20% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 65% · ▼ 52 pts below district

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 718%

School 18% · District 62% · ▼ 44 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 69% · ▼ 39 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 56%

School 6% · District 28% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 50% · ▼ 50 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 43 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 34% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

This schoolTEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, 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.