Houston ISD

5 years of ratings

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 88 that year.

How this district's change over time is ranked

TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Houston ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.

Texas districts

Region 04: Houston

Harris County

Where the score comes from

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.

• Student Achievement81 B+5.0 vs similar · +0.8 vs region
• School Progress86 B+6.7 vs similar · +4.5 vs region
• Closing the Gaps84 B+8.9 vs similar · +3.5 vs region
• Academic Growth77 C+7.2 vs similar · +1.5 vs region
• Relative Performance86 B+7.1 vs similar · +4.8 vs region

• Houston ISD
• Similar student population (284)
• Region 04: Houston (46)

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

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 district that better measure is School Progress (86), so Student Achievement (81) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 86.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

• Approaches grade level
• Meets grade level
• Masters grade level
• Tick: Similar student population (284)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (284 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year

84.3%−11.2 pts vs similar

Five-Year

87.7%−8.5 pts vs similar

Six-Year

86.5%−9.2 pts vs similar

Dropout Rate

4.2%+3.4 pts vs similar

College, career and military readiness

Who this district serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students

167,793

Economically disadvantaged

77.2%+1.2 pts vs similar

English learners

37.0%+19.2 pts vs similar

Special education

12.5%−6.0 pts vs similar

Attendance

93.7%±0.0 pts vs similar

Chronically absent

19.8%+0.5 pts vs similar

Student demographics

• African American 21%
• Hispanic 60.6%
• White 10.6%
• American Indian 0.2%
• Asian 5.3%
• Pacific Islander 0.1%
• Two or More Races 2.2%

Spending per student

Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.

• Houston ISD
• TEA peer group
• Texas average

Spends $1,357 less per student than its peer group, and $1,946 less than the state average.

Teachers

Average salary

$73,934+$9,926 vs similar

Teachers

9,885

Students per staff member

17

Teaching experience

• Beginning 13.1%
• 1 to 5 years 30.6%
• 6 to 10 years 19.5%
• 11 to 20 years 21.7%
• 21 to 30 years 12%
• Over 30 years 3%

Where this district ranks best

Out of 164 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

• 3of 272

  Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

  Similar student population · of the 272 that report this measure

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• 4of 19

  Math — Masters

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · tied with 2

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• 4of 19

  College, career or military ready

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · tied with 1

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• 4of 19

  Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 4of 19

  Average teacher salary

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 5of 45

  Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit

  Region 04: Houston · of the 45 that report this measure

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• 5of 19

  Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 5of 19

  Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 6of 19

  School Progress

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · tied with 2

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• 6of 19

  Relative Performance

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · tied with 2

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• 6of 19

  Earned an industry-based certification

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 7of 45

  Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

  Region 04: Houston · of the 45 that report this measure

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These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this district ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no district would put in a press release.

263 schools in this district

Where this comes from

Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.

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