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Enrollment
2,485
High
DISTRICT 1,353 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122010786
Andy Dekaney High School
22351 IMPERIAL VLY DR, HOUSTON, TX 77073 · (281) 891-7260 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,485 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Texas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
18.9:1
131 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
1,980 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 671 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 678 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 563 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 573 | 23% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
31.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 19.0% | 48.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 15.0% | 6.0% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 3.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Andy Dekaney High School
Andy Dekaney High School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Dekaney High School this school | 2,485 | 79.7% | 25.2% |
| Nimitz High School HOUSTON | 2,651 | 78.3% | 38.7% |
| Memorial High School PORT ARTHUR | 2,140 | 80.7% | 33.3% |
| Westfield High School HOUSTON | 2,264 | 74.9% | 27.3% |
| Humble High School HUMBLE | 2,960 | 76.0% | 42.7% |
| Horn High School MESQUITE | 2,757 | 73.7% | 42.9% |
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 Andy Dekaney High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,365 of 1,385 | #149 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,176 of 1,425 ▲ 120 | #148 of 155 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,375 of 1,425 ▲ 31 | #152 of 155 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #464 of 1,184 | #66 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,485 | #171 of 2,107 | #48 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,245 of 1,344 | #127 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #503 of 1,346 | #60 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #397 of 1,522 | #85 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #492 of 672 | #49 of 64 |
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
2,485
+293 (+13%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 2,807
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 2,485 | 131.5 | 18.9:1 | 80% (1,980) |
| 2023-24 | 2,481 | 134 | 18.5:1 | 91% (2,257) |
| 2022-23 | 2,401 | 136 | 17.7:1 | 82% (1,969) |
| 2020-21 | 2,192 | 137 | 16.0:1 | 93% (2,030) |
| 2017-18 | 2,363 | 140.8 | 16.8:1 | 61% (1,453) |
| 2015-16 | 2,828 | 144 | 19.6:1 | 63% (1,781) |
| 2010-11 | 2,807 | 153 | 18.4:1 | 74% (2,064) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Andy Dekaney High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (2,363 to 2,485); teachers down 7% (140.8 to 131.5).
About Andy Dekaney High School
Andy Dekaney High School sits in HOUSTON, Texas, and is classified as a high school. It educates 2,485 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Texas is about 796 students.
Andy Dekaney High School is part of a district of 42 schools: SPRING ISD, with 33,678 students.
Roughly 53% of students at Andy Dekaney High School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 41% Black. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 131.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Andy Dekaney High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.9:1. That is 3.8 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 80%. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Andy Dekaney High School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Andy Dekaney High School is a bottom-10% school in Texas on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.2% against a predicted 39.7%.
Census estimates describe Harris County this way: the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Andy Dekaney High School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Carolee Booker Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Andy Dekaney High School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Andy Dekaney High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 293 students since 2020-21, to 2,485. The school's ratio rose from 16.0:1 to 18.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
- Stelle Claughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 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
- Carolee Booker Elementary School0.2 mi · 726
- Lewis Middle School0.6 mi · 1,054
- Meyer Elementary School1.2 mi · 680
- Richey Academy1.3 mi · 56
- Bammel Elementary School1.7 mi · 697
- Young Womens Leadership Academy1.7 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Andy Dekaney High SchoolHow many students attend Andy Dekaney High School?
Andy Dekaney High School enrolls approximately 2,485 students in grades 09-12.
Is Andy Dekaney High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Andy Dekaney High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Andy Dekaney High School have?
Andy Dekaney High School employs 131 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Andy Dekaney High School?
Student demographics at Andy Dekaney High School are roughly 2% White, 53% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Andy Dekaney High School?
Andy Dekaney High School is overseen by SPRING ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.