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Southwest Public Schools

1,866 students · 5 schools · 102.9:1 ratio · grades PreK–12 · #385 of 1211 in Texas

Students
1,866
Schools
5
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–Teacher
102.9:1
County
Harris
Grades
PreK–12
OverviewEnrollmentDemographicsStaffingFundingPerformanceAccreditationCompareFull data
Overview

About Southwest Public Schools

Southwest Public Schools is a public school system serving Harris County, Texas, based in Houston. It serves 1,866 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: large district. By enrollment it is the #385 largest of Texas’s 1211 school systems.

Phone7137846345
Address3333 Bering Dr Ste 200, Houston, TX 77057
CountyHarris County
Enrollment & schools

Size and structure

Southwest Public Schools enrolls 1,866 students in 5 schools — an average of about 373 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #385 of 1211 statewide by enrollment.

Students
1,866
#385 of 1211 in Texas
Schools
5
~373 students each
Grade span
PreK–12
City: Large
Students & demographics

Who the district serves

Student race and ethnicity in Southwest Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,866 students reported):

White
3%
Black
6%
Hispanic
90%
Asian
0%
Two or more
0%
Amer. Indian
0%
Pacific Isl.
0%

For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.

Staffing & support

Teachers & staff

Southwest Public Schools employs about 18 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 102.9:1 — above the Texas average of about 14.9:1. Total district staff is roughly 25.

Student–teacher ratio
102.9:1
state avg ~14.9:1
Teachers (FTE)
18
classroom teachers
Total staff
25
all district employees

Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.

Funding

How Texas funds schools

Texas funds districts through the Foundation School Program, combining state aid and local property taxes. It starts from a Basic Allotment per student in average daily attendance — $6,215 for 2025–26 after HB 2 (2025) raised it from $6,160 — then adds weighted allotments for compensatory, bilingual, special-education, career-and-technical and other needs. Property-wealthy districts return excess local revenue to the state through recapture (“Robin Hood”) for redistribution.

District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Southwest Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.

Accountability

Report card & state results

Texas assigns A–F accountability ratings across Student Achievement, School Progress and Closing the Gaps. Look up Southwest Public Schools’s ratings through the TEA School and District Accountability portal, which links to the TXschools.gov rating lookup.

Accreditation

Accreditation status

Texas accredits public districts itself: the Texas Education Agency assigns each district an accreditation status (Accredited, Accredited-Warned, Accredited-Probation or Not Accredited-Revoked), separate from any voluntary Cognia accreditation. See the Texas Education Agency for a district’s status.

How it compares

Southwest Public Schools vs. Texas

Enrollment rank
#385
of 1211 districts
Ratio
102.9:1
state avg ~14.9:1
Locale
City: Large
Harris County

See every Texas district side by side in the Texas directory.

Go deeper

Look up Southwest Public Schools’s full data

These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):

Data & sources

About this data

Enrollment, demographics, staffing, locale and contact details reflect the NCES Common Core of Data (2024–25); funding context from the Texas Legislature (the Foundation School Program) and NEA Rankings & Estimates 2026. Figures are the latest available and may lag the current school year. This page is informational, not an official district record, and not affiliated with or endorsed by Southwest Public Schools. NCES District ID (LEAID): 4800125. Confirm current details with the district and the Texas Education Agency.