Inner Loop Neighborhoods for Families

[Vicman]

Originally Posted by FTWRunner

Another note: HAR may say the home is zoned to Landrum Middle but if the elementary is zoned to Valley Oaks and high is zoned to Memorial the community/neighborhood may have a transfer agreement to Spring Branch Middle with SBISD.

As I've said in other threads, I have not seen any indications of such an agreement on the Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD) site. OP should call them and ask them if such an agreement exists.

[Houstonianmom]

I'm going to say that in West U /Southside, over half the kids go private. If you go with West U, you may have to consider private. There is St. John’s School, but the application proceeds is highly selective.

[Vicman]

Originally Posted by Houstonianmom

I'm going to say that in West U /Southside, over half the kids go private. If you go with West U, you may have to consider private. There is St. John’s School, but the application proceeds is highly selective.

At the middle school level a lot of people who do go public attend Pin Oak or Lanier. In 2010 around 600 students in West U attended either Lanier or Pin Oak http://www.chron.com/news/article/Pa...nd-1589738.php - For a city of 15,000 that's a lot

Fine arts magnet Pershing Middle School, 3838 Blue Bonnet Blvd., is the natural next step for West U., but instead of filling up with students from its feeder schools, about one-third of Pershing's 1,800-student enrollment is open for kids from outside the attendance zone. That nearly equals the number of West U. students whose parents endure a lottery system to enroll them in Lanier or Pin Oak middle schools, the two moms write in a new blog they started on Sept. 12 to discuss the issue.

I don't know the % of secondary-level students in West U and Southside Place who are in public v. private.

[Vicman]

Also at the elementary level the public school, West U Elementary, is very popular to the point where there are not enough spaces for enrollees. OP said that her children were young, so this would be most relevant to her.

According to HISD's demographic report https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...rsity%20ES.pdf - 1,264 of 1,283 students (99%) who attended West U Elementary in 2018 lived in the West U Elementary attendance zone, which includes all of West University Place, a portion of Southside Place, and sections of Houston.

In 2018, 1,386 elementary-level children in the West U zone attended HISD schools (the West U ES demographic report PDF only lists the number of students enrolled in HISD elementary schools). HISD stated that in the same zone there were 15 in charters/other districts and 1,030 (estimated) not in public school (private school or homeschool) - I do not know if these two figures are elementary-only (which means the "KIPP HS" would be a mistake) or if this is for K-12 across the board.

The West U Elementary boundary map: https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...versity_ES.pdf
City of West U map: https://www.westutx.gov/277/City-Map
City of Southside Place map: http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10...869272_001.pdf

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West U Elementary doesn't seem to be capped this year (2018): https://www.houstonisd.org/site/hand...leName=Capping Matrix 12032018.pdf

Some articles and documents about past capacity issues:

• Instant West U article THURSDAY: WUES Attendance Issues Back on Agenda For HISD Board | InstantNewsWestU.com
• https://www.chron.com/news/education...es-6032793.php
• 2013-2015 capping letter from West U ES https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...er English.pdf and https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...%20Spanish.pdf

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Addenda:

The rest of Southside Place is zoned to Twain Elementary

• Boundary map here: https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...s/Twain_ES.pdf
• Demographic report: https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...Twain%20ES.pdf - In 2018 718 of 875 students are in-zone (82%). In its zone, it had 792 in HISD elementary schools, 15 in charters/other districts, and estimated 684 in private schools or homeschool.

All of West U and Southside Place are inside the Pershing Middle School zone:

• Boundary map here: https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...ershing_MS.pdf
• Demographic report: https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...shing%20MS.pdf - In 2018 1,275 of 1,771 students (72%) are in-zone. The zone had a total of 2,346 students in HISD middle schools, 105 in charters/other districts, and an estimated 634 in private schools/homeschools.

-- Note that 591 in the Pershing zone went to Pin Oak, and 204 went to Lanier.

All of West U and Southside Place are inside the Lamar High zone:

• Boundary map here: https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...s/Lamar_HS.pdf
• Demographic report: https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/...Lamar%20HS.pdf - 1,353 of 3,138 students are in-zone (43%). The zone had 2,209 students in HISD high schools, as well as 116 in charters/other districts and 1,159 estimated in private schools or homeschool.

Other demographic reports here: https://www.houstonisd.org/Page/110554