Houston Hub - District Partnerships

Aldine Independent School District

Aldine ISD, settled in North Harris County, has nearly 66,000 students making the placing it among the 10 largest in Texas. The district includes 8 High Schools, 5 Ninth Grade Schools, 13 Middle Schools, 39 Elementary Schools and 12 Pre-K/Kinder Schools! AISD offers a wide variety of choices, including extensive Magnet and Internationals Baccalaureate (IB) schools. The district has won the Board Prize for Urban Education (2009), the Texas Quality Award (2006), and the H-E-B Excellence in Education Award (2008).

Houston Independent School District

HISD is the largest school district in Texas and the seventh largest in the United States. It serves approximately 215,000 students at 283 campuses and is one of the largest employers in Houston, with about 29,000 team members. HISD is the first two-time Broad Prize winner which recognizes the public school system that has made the most substantial gains in student achievement and is one of 21 districts across the nation that was awarded the $30 million Race to the Top grant. HISD exists to strengthen the social and economic foundation of Houston by assuring its youth the highest-quality elementary and secondary education available anywhere. For more information click here.

Etoile Academy Charter School

Etoile (pronounced E-Twal) means STAR in French. Our students at Étoile Academy are reaching for their most ambitious life goals, the highest star! Étoile Academy Charter School ensures that every student in grades K through 8 has the academic and character foundation necessary to succeed in high school, graduate from college, and pursue ambitious life goals. Étoile Academy Charter School was founded in 2018 by Colombero, who identified a need for a charter school in the Gulfton and Sharpstown neighborhoods of Southwest Houston. Étoile offers transportation, financial literacy classes, and piano instruction to all its kindergarten to eighth-grade students. To learn more about Étoile please visit www.etoileacademy.org.

KIPP Texas Public School

KIPP Houston public schools is an open-enrollment public charter school founded by two Teach For America - Houston alumni (both Houston 1992 Corps) in 1994. It has grown to 209 public schools in 20 states and Washington DC. Houston is KIPP's largest region, educating 14,500 students in 28 schools, and continues to serve 2,300 alumni in college and beyond. KIPP is on a mission to develop in underserved students the academic skills, intellectual habits, and qualities of character necessary to succeed at all levels, pre-K through 12th grade, college, and the competitive world beyond. For more information click here.

IDEA Public Schools

IDEA Public Schools believes that each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to a national network of tuition-free, K-12 public charter schools in the United States.

Currently, the network serves over 80, 000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas and its affiliates. IDEA has been recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and received national rankings in The Washington Post, the U.S. Department of Educations's list of Blue Ribbon Schools, and U.S. News and World Report's Top High School list. For the last 16 years, IDEA has sent nearly 100% of it's graduates to college and remains on track to upload that legacy.

YES Prep Public Schools

Yes Prep is an open-enrollment public charter school system serving students in grades 6-12 in underserved communities in Houston. They aim to provide students with high-quality, college-preparatory education that prepares them to compete in the global marketplace and give back to their communities. The school system opened in 1998 Teach For America alumnus Chris Barbic (Houston 1992 Corps). Today, they have 17 schools in operation serving 12,600 students throughout Houston. For more information click here.

Baker Ripley

BakerRipley, a Houston-based nonprofit operates Promise Community Schools- serving more than 2,500 students at 27 early childhood/head start schools, 2 elementary and middle schools, as well as New Neighbor, a learning lab focused on welcoming immigrant students and preparing them for the transition to the classroom. BakerRipley ensures students and families have access to resources that support their needs inside and outside the classroom. Their goal is to develop both the academic skills and character traits that ensure every student has access to the future of their choice. They focus on wrap-around resources to help the success of each family. For more information click here.

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