CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S

CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S is a four-year high school of average-sized scale in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by HOUSTON ISD, hosting 855 students in grades 9 through 12.

CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that educates 176,727 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Asian, 19% White, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.7%; actual is 97.9%, +38.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: GREGORY-LINCOLN ED CTR, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.9%.

CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S's enrollment has climbed 37% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 855). The White share of enrollment contracted from 27% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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