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Enrollment
1,503
High
DISTRICT 1,353 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122011277
Carl Wunsche Sr High School
900 WUNSCHE LOOP, SPRING, TX 77373 · (281) 891-7650 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,503 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
1,000 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 | 397 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 403 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 408 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 295 | 20% |
Student demographics
56%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
92.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 69.0% | 6.0% | 2.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 41.0% | 23.0% | 2.0% |
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 | 92.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 62.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+37.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 37 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 Carl Wunsche Sr High School
Carl Wunsche Sr High School's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Wunsche Sr High School this school | 1,503 | 66.5% | 82.8% |
| Smith High School CARROLLTON | 1,971 | 67.5% | 41.6% |
| Poteet High School MESQUITE | 1,523 | 64.3% | 48.3% |
| Manor High School MANOR | 2,422 | 68.7% | 26.0% |
| Iltexas Arlington-Grand Prairie High School GRAND PRAIRIE | 749 | 70.2% | 46.3% |
| Goose Creek Memorial BAYTOWN | 2,335 | 65.5% | 50.7% |
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 Carl Wunsche Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #64 of 1,385 | #14 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #104 of 1,425 ▼ 21 | #23 of 155 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #55 of 1,425 ▲ 21 | #13 of 155 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #595 of 1,184 | #83 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,503 | #460 of 2,107 | #74 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,027 of 1,344 | #86 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #483 of 1,346 | #55 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #658 of 1,522 | #123 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #159 of 672 | #17 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
1,503
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 1,503 | 89.8 | 16.7:1 | 67% (1,000) |
| 2023-24 | 1,530 | 95.4 | 16.0:1 | 75% (1,148) |
| 2022-23 | 1,508 | 96.4 | 15.6:1 | 72% (1,088) |
| 2020-21 | 1,499 | 94 | 15.9:1 | 77% (1,157) |
| 2017-18 | 1,199 | 102.2 | 11.7:1 | 61% (726) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 100 | 3.4:1 | 64% (218) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl Wunsche Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (1,199 to 1,503); teachers down 12% (102.2 to 89.8).
About Carl Wunsche Sr High School
Carl Wunsche Sr High School is a large high school in Texas, located in SPRING. It had 1,503 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
Carl Wunsche Sr High School is one school in SPRING ISD, a system of 42 schools with 33,678 students.
At Carl Wunsche Sr High School, 61% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 26% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carl Wunsche Sr High School scores 56%.
A staff of 89.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.7:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Carl Wunsche Sr High School is 37.5 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Texas.
In the wider Harris County area, median household income comes to about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Harris County counts 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students.
Salyers Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Carl Wunsche Sr High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Carl Wunsche Sr High School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Carl Wunsche Sr High School was 1,499 in 2020-21 and 1,503 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
- Stelle Claughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
Other schools in SPRING
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- York Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,009 students
- Cox Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
Nearby schools
- Salyers Elementary School0.8 mi · 484
- Springwoods Village Middle School1.4 mi · 590
- Ginger McNabb Elementary School1.6 mi · 743
- Northgate Elementary School1.6 mi · 700
- John Winship Elementary School1.6 mi · 524
- Evolution Academy Houston1.8 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carl Wunsche Sr High School?
Carl Wunsche Sr High School enrolls approximately 1,503 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Carl Wunsche Sr High School serve?
Carl Wunsche Sr High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carl Wunsche Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carl Wunsche Sr High School is approximately 16.7:1 (90 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Carl Wunsche Sr High School?
Student demographics at Carl Wunsche Sr High School are roughly 5% White, 61% Hispanic, 26% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Carl Wunsche Sr High School?
Carl Wunsche Sr High School is overseen by SPRING ISD in Harris County.
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