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The highest-performing public high schools in science in Austin, Texas

31 public high schools in Austin, Texas appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in science, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. Lasa High School leads the list at 99.0%, against a median of 60.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Austin, Texas

Top % Proficient (Science)

99.0%

Median % Proficient (Science)

60.0%

BEST IN SCIENCE · AUSTIN, TEXAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)	Rank change
1	Lasa High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,616	99.0%	no change
2	Westlake High School	AUSTIN, TX	EANES ISD	High	2,854	95.0%	no change
3	Westwood High School	AUSTIN, TX	ROUND ROCK ISD	High	2,858	90.0%	▲ 2
4	Vandegrift High School	AUSTIN, TX	LEANDER ISD	High	2,437	89.0%	▲ 2
5	McCallum High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,897	88.0%	▲ 2
6	Bowie High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,876	88.0%	▼ 2
7	Lake Travis High School	AUSTIN, TX	LAKE TRAVIS ISD	High	3,569	88.0%	▼ 4
8	Austin High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,323	85.0%	▲ 2
9	Cedars Academy Next Generation H S at Highland	AUSTIN, TX	CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY	High	116	82.0%	▼ 1
10	Anderson High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,223	81.0%	▼ 1
11	McNeil High School	AUSTIN, TX	ROUND ROCK ISD	High	2,660	77.0%	▲ 1
12	KIPP Austin Brave	AUSTIN, TX	KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	490	72.0%	▲ 4
13	Nyos Lamar Secondary	AUSTIN, TX	NYOS CHARTER SCHOOL	High	809	70.0%	no change
14	IDEA Rundberg College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	790	67.0%	▼ 3
15	KIPP Austin Collegiate	AUSTIN, TX	KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	847	65.0%	no change
16	IDEA Health Professions College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	376	60.0%	▲ 1
17	IDEA Parmer Park College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	624	58.0%	▼ 3
18	Harmony School of Excellence - Austin	AUSTIN, TX	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS	High	497	57.0%	▲ 3
19	Austin Achieve High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	581	57.0%	no change
20	Akins Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,421	54.0%	▼ 2
21	Crockett Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,529	52.0%	▲ 1
22	LBJ Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	734	50.0%	▲ 5
23	IDEA Montopolis College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	835	49.0%	no change
24	Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and High School	AUSTIN, TX	WAYSIDE SCHOOLS	High	554	48.0%	▲ 6
25	Navarro Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,633	45.0%	no change
26	John B Connally High School	AUSTIN, TX	PFLUGERVILLE ISD	High	1,974	45.0%	▼ 6
27	IDEA Bluff Springs College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	689	44.0%	▼ 3
28	Travis Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,011	39.0%	▲ 3
29	Eastside Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	663	38.0%	▼ 1
30	Northeast Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	972	37.0%	▼ 4
31	The East Austin College Prep at MLK	AUSTIN, TX	VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	169	30.0%	▼ 2

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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