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Enrollment
402
High
DISTRICT 1,721 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALIEF ISD·NCES 480783012389
Alief Early College High School
2811 A HAYES RD, HOUSTON, TX 77082 · (281) 988-3010 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Texas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
340 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 98 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 103 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 103 | 26% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
99.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
85.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 99 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 68.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 51.0% | 14.0% | 1.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 99.0% | 85.0% |
| 2024-25 | 99.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 99.0% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 98.0% | 82.0% |
| 2021-22 | 93.0% | 74.0% |
| 2020-21 | 86.0% | 76.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+55.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 55 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alief Early College High School
Alief Early College High School's state test result (92.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alief Early College High School this school | 402 | 84.6% | 92.8% |
| Harmony Science Academy-Houston HOUSTON | 750 | 77.2% | 72.6% |
| Harmony School of Discovery - Houston HOUSTON | 858 | 73.7% | 65.3% |
| Harmony School of Advancement-Houston HOUSTON | 752 | 73.5% | 65.3% |
| Long Academy HOUSTON | 680 | 98.8% | 31.7% |
| KIPP Connect Preparatory HOUSTON | 979 | 72.7% | 41.5% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alief Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.8% | #11 of 1,385 | #4 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #23 of 1,425 ▼ 3 | #8 of 155 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #6 of 1,425 no change | #2 of 155 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #1,030 of 1,184 | #140 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #1,019 of 2,107 | #144 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,192 of 1,344 | #116 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #296 of 1,346 | #37 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #311 of 1,522 | #72 of 175 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
402
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+83% since 2010-11, when it was 220
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 402 | 22.3 | 18.0:1 | 85% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 22.3 | 18.3:1 | 84% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 22.5 | 18.1:1 | 81% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 20 | 20.1:1 | 84% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 21.4 | 18.8:1 | 78% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 78% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 13 | 16.9:1 | 87% (191) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alief Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (402 to 402); teachers up 4% (21.4 to 22.3).
About Alief Early College High School
In HOUSTON, Texas, part of Harris County, Alief Early College High School is a high school. Enrollment is 402 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 796-student average for high schools in Texas, enrollment here is 49% lower.
ALIEF ISD, which runs Alief Early College High School, has 46 schools and 38,610 students.
Roughly 54% of students at Alief Early College High School are Hispanic. Other groups make up 23% Black, 18% Asian, and 4% White. County-wide, 44% of Harris County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 22.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.0:1. On average, high schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 18.0:1 here. Around 85% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 15 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Alief Early College High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After accounting for student poverty, Alief Early College High School is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 92.8% is 55.3 points above the 37.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Alief Early College High School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Texas Connections Academy at Houston is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Alief Early College High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 38.7%, lower than Alief Early College High School's 92.8%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (401) and 2024-25 (402). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 18.0:1, from 20.1:1.
The Alief Early College High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALIEF ISD
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 2,838 students
- O'Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,214 students
- Budewig Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Olle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,025 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Texas Connections Academy at Houston0.8 mi · 8,641
- Walnut Bend Elementary School1.1 mi · 587
- Askew Elementary School1.2 mi · 873
- Revere Middle School1.3 mi · 1,095
- Westchase Neighborhood School1.3 mi · 595
- Shadowbriar Elementary School1.5 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Alief Early College High SchoolHow large is Alief Early College High School?
Alief Early College High School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Alief Early College High School serve?
Alief Early College High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alief Early College High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alief Early College High School is approximately 18.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alief Early College High School?
At Alief Early College High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 54% Hispanic, 23% Black, 18% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Alief Early College High School?
Alief Early College High School is overseen by ALIEF ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.