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Open-enrollment charter campus
Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr Sch · Houston · 243 students
At a glance
The available rating history is moving up. The current score is above the 80 average for 287 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80.8 average for 194 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
STAAR result
Among 267 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Among 287 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Among 285 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Among 187 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Among 194 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Among 194 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Among 822 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Among 828 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.
Friends for Life MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 287 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2022-23.
Ranks 16th of 287 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 13 others).
Friends for Life MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.8 average for 194 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is up 1 point since 2022-23.
Ranks 15th of 194 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 2 others).
Friends for Life MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is up 1 point since 2022-23.
Ranks 74th of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 30 others).
Put the numbers in context
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Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 94 | 80.0 287 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | A | 93 | 78.7 281 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | A | 93 | 76.3 273 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | A | 93 | 75.7 264 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 92 | A | — |
| School Progress | 94 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 93 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 89 | B | 1 |
| Relative Performance | 94 | A | — |
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (94), so Student Achievement (92) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 94.
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Friends for Life MS
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 287 reporting for every category shown · 287 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 194 reporting for every category shown · 194 in full cohort
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 243 students in 2025–26, an increase of 17 (7.5%) from 2024–25.
2025–26
Increase · +7.5%
Increase · +38.1%
| School year | Students enrolledFriends for Life MS | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 176 | First available year | 492.6 |
| 2023–24 | 210 | Increase of 34 (19.3%) | 504.1 |
| 2024–25 | 226 | Increase of 16 (7.6%) | 505.1 |
| 2025–26 | 243 | Increase of 17 (7.5%) | 505.3 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
6.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment
6.84 per 100 students
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 180 | Suppressed | — | 10 | 5.56 | — | 19.5 |
| 2023–24 | 210 | 16 | 7.6% | 17 | 8.10 | 11.2% | 19.2 |
| 2024–25 | 234 | 14 | 6.0% | 16 | 6.84 | 11.1% | 19.1 |
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 14 | 6.0% | 16 | 6.84 | 11.1% | 19.1 |
| In-school suspensions | 12 | 5.1% | 13 | 5.56 | 7.7% | 11.4 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
For 2025, TEA reported $5,676 per student for this campus, $14,495 per student for its parent district, Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr Sch, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
| Year | Friends for Life MS | Parent district: Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Pub Chtr Sch | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $6,346 | $13,993 | $16,792 | $11,631 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 267 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $6,957 | $13,471 | $18,125 | $11,550 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 274 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $5,676 | $14,495 | $18,972 | $12,138 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 284 rated charter campuses reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Friends for Life MS
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 287 reporting for every category shown · 287 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 194 reporting for every category shown · 194 in full cohort
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
Out of 72 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
First-place results
1 measure
Science — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 267 that report this measure
Second- and third-place results
1 measure
All Subjects — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 287 that report this measure
Fourth- through tenth-place results
14 measures
Science — Meets
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 267 that report this measure
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Similar size · of the 190 that report this measure
All Subjects — Meets
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 287 that report this measure
Reading — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 287 that report this measure · tied with 2
Math — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 285 that report this measure
Attendance
Similar size · of the 190 that report this measure · tied with 2
Math — Meets
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 285 that report this measure
Relative Performance
Similar size · of the 192 that report this measure · tied with 1
Social Studies — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 183 that report this measure · tied with 3
Math — Approaches
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 285 that report this measure · tied with 3
All Subjects — Approaches
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 287 that report this measure · tied with 2
Reading — Meets
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 287 that report this measure · tied with 3
School Progress
Similar size · of the 194 that report this measure · tied with 3
Social Studies — Meets
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 183 that report this measure · tied with 2
High placements in larger reporting groups
1 measure
Reading — Approaches
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 287 that report this measure · tied with 2
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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