DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF

Located at 2545 PRESSLER, in HOUSTON, Texas, DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF is a reasonably sized four-year high school that educates 929 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by HOUSTON ISD.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 32% Asian, 16% Black, 15% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.5%; this one delivers 90.4%, a residual of +33.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF is one.

The closest other public school is ROBERTS EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF has increased 4%, going from 890 students in 2018 to 929 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 38% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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