Community Services-Sec
Alternative · Grades K–12 · 83 students
Harris County Juvenile Detention Center
1200 Congress St Ste 6500, Houston, TX 77002
Grades
4–12
Other
Students
165
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
11.1 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Excel Academy
Harris County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Harris County Juvenile Detention Center
Harris County Juvenile Detention Center is a charter school in Houston, Texas, serving grades 4–12. It is part of Excel Academy. The school is located in a large city in Harris County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 165 students were enrolled, with about 11.1 students for every full-time teacher. As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from State Board of Education.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 4–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Other
- Grades offered
- 4–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 165 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.1 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Excel Academy
- County
- Harris County
- NCES school ID
- 480004907909
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.