Just the facts

LOCATION

Christel House de México, A.C.

Phone: (5255) 3004-0932
Email: losninos@mx.christelhouse.org

KEY STATISTICS 

• Opened: September 1998
• Annual budget: $2.24 million
• Number of students: 615 (Includes College & Careers)
• Grades: 1–9 (new pre-first and high school programs will be added in 2016)
• Student attendance: 97%
• Annual student retention: 96%
• Graduates participating in College & Careers: 59%
• Total staff: 52
• Total program staff: 42
• Student to teaching and program staff ratio: 13:1
• Teacher attendance: 98%
• School year: September - August
• School year days: 195
• Summer school: 5 days

STUDENT BODY PROFILE

ETHNICITY

• 100% Hispanic

RELIGION

• Catholic 70%
• Christian 4%
• Other 2%
• None  24%

GENDER

• Male 46%
• Female 54%

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

• 100% of 9^th grade students passed the national exam needed to enroll high school.
• 92% of upper-school students passed ENLACE Language Arts
• Compared to 60% of public school students in the state
• 84% of upper-school students passed ENLACE Math
• Compared to 48% of public school students in the state
• 98% of lower-school students passed ENLACE Language Arts and Math
• Compared to 96% of private school students in the state

SERVICES ON SITE

• Nutritious breakfast and lunch provided
• Full-time nurse on staff
• Annual physicals, vision, dental, immunizations, psychological examinations
• Immunizations, deworming, vitamin supplements
• Dental screenings and treatment
• Social workers (3)
• School psychologist/counselor
• STARS program for remediation  

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Choir, band, dance, performing arts workshop and plastic arts
• Debate, oratory and poetry, math and language arts workshops,
• Lima Lama

PARENT PROGRAMS

• 80% of parents attend workshops on: parenting skills, emotional intelligence, computer skills and literacy
• Parents have volunteered 11,668 hours to Christel House Mexico

Statistics updated in 2014 based on final 2012–13 academic year data, as reported by the school.