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Challenge Early College High School, Houston, TX

CEP schoolChallenge Early College High School is a public high school in Houston, part of Houston ISD. It enrolled 485 students in 2024-25, with 19.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "CHALLENGE EARLY COLLEGE H S".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
485
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
19.4
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 3.3 higher than the district figure of 16.1. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.4
District16.1
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
5601 W Loop S, Houston, TX 77081
Phone
(713)664-9712
District
Houston ISD
County
Harris County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
482364009609
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
395
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
39581.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Houston ISD

High schools elsewhere in Houston

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.