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Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, Houston, TX

Charter schoolHarris County Juvenile Detention Center is a public school in Houston, part of Excel Academy. It enrolled 165 students in 2024-25, with 11.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
165
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Students per teacher
11.8
Grades
4 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.4 higher than the district figure of 9.4. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.8
District9.4
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
1200 Congress St Ste 6500, Houston, TX 77002
Phone
(713)222-4354
District
Excel Academy
County
Harris County
Level
Other
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
480004907909
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
162
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
16298.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 schools elsewhere in Houston

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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.