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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF this year?
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Enrollment
929
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002483
Debakey H S for Health Prof
2545 PRESSLER, HOUSTON, TX 77030 · (713) 741-2410 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL929 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- CThree-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
17.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
370 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 284 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 235 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 233 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 177 | 19% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
97.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
92.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 92 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 49.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mathematics | 53.0% | 39.0% | 7.0% | 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 | 97.0% | 92.0% |
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 97.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 98.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 94.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
92.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 36 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 Debakey H S for Health Prof
Debakey H S for Health Prof's state test result (92.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debakey H S for Health Prof this school | 929 | 39.8% | 92.3% |
| Carnegie Vanguard High School HOUSTON | 855 | 32.5% | 98.2% |
| Dulles High School SUGAR LAND | 2,165 | 43.7% | 65.9% |
| Plano East Sr High School PLANO | 3,033 | 32.8% | 67.7% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton CARROLLTON | 564 | 50.7% | 62.2% |
| McMillen High School MURPHY | 1,010 | 37.7% | 57.3% |
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 Debakey H S for Health Prof ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.3% | #12 of 1,385 | #5 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #10 of 1,425 ▼ 1 | #3 of 155 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #21 of 1,425 ▲ 2 | #5 of 155 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #802 of 1,184 | #119 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 929 | #617 of 2,107 | #94 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,117 of 1,344 | #106 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #34 of 1,346 | #3 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #1,214 of 1,522 | #157 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #518 of 672 | #51 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
929
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 929 | 53.5 | 17.4:1 | 40% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 922 | 54.6 | 16.9:1 | 42% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 916 | 53.8 | 17.0:1 | 43% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 50 | 18.8:1 | 43% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 890 | 55.9 | 15.9:1 | 42% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 41% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 865 | 57 | 15.2:1 | 42% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 31% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 42 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Debakey H S for Health Prof.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (890 to 929); teachers down 4% (55.9 to 53.5).
About Debakey H S for Health Prof
A mid-sized high school in HOUSTON, Texas, Debakey H S for Health Prof is part of HOUSTON ISD. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 929 students enrolled.
HOUSTON ISD has 176,727 students in 273 schools, and Debakey H S for Health Prof is one of those schools.
The student body at Debakey H S for Health Prof has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 33%. Other groups include 32% Asian, 16% Black, 15% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
Debakey H S for Health Prof has 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.4:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 40% at Debakey H S for Health Prof. That is 30 points below the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Among Texas public high schools, Debakey H S for Health Prof outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Debakey H S for Health Prof is +35.6 points, in the top 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 92.3%, and the predicted rate is 56.7%.
Census data for Harris County show median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Debakey H S for Health Prof among them.
Debakey H S for Health Prof is about 0.5 miles from Roberts Elementary School, its nearest public school. Debakey H S for Health Prof has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Debakey H S for Health Prof ranks 1st of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 92.3% against a local average of 62.4%.
The NCES locale for Debakey H S for Health Prof is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Debakey H S for Health Prof enrolled 939; in 2024-25, 929. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.4:1) than in 2020-21 (18.8:1).
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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
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Nearby schools
- Roberts Elementary School0.5 mi · 721
- Rice School /La Escuela Rice0.9 mi · 1,043
- Poe Elementary School1.5 mi · 748
- Juvenile Justice AEP1.5 mi · 1
- Alief ISD J J Alternative Education Program1.5 mi · 18
- Excel Academy (jjaep)1.5 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Debakey H S for Health ProfHow many students attend Debakey H S for Health Prof?
Debakey H S for Health Prof enrolls approximately 929 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Debakey H S for Health Prof serve?
Debakey H S for Health Prof serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Debakey H S for Health Prof?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Debakey H S for Health Prof.
How diverse is Debakey H S for Health Prof?
Debakey H S for Health Prof reports a student body of 15% White, 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 32% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Debakey H S for Health Prof?
Debakey H S for Health Prof is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.