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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at DOBIE H S?
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Enrollment
3,692
High
DISTRICT 1,777 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003821
Dobie High School
10220 BLACKHAWK, HOUSTON, TX 77089 · (713) 740-0370 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,692 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Texas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
16.0:1
231 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
2,380 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 819 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 951 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 905 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 1,017 | 28% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +47.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 47 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 49.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 38.0% | 33.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 9.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Dobie High School
Dobie High School's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobie High School this school | 3,692 | 64.5% | 56.3% |
| Jersey Village High School HOUSTON | 3,323 | 64.9% | 60.8% |
| Lewisville High School LEWISVILLE | 4,001 | 66.9% | 45.2% |
| Cypress Falls High School HOUSTON | 3,018 | 63.4% | 60.3% |
| John B Connally High School AUSTIN | 1,974 | 68.2% | 34.5% |
| Garland High School GARLAND | 2,335 | 69.1% | 51.5% |
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 Dobie High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #603 of 1,385 | #62 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #464 of 1,425 ▲ 88 | #69 of 155 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #770 of 1,425 ▲ 119 | #80 of 155 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #614 of 1,184 | #86 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,692 | #26 of 2,107 | #11 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #908 of 1,344 | #68 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #683 of 1,346 | #78 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #705 of 1,522 | #129 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #202 of 557 | #28 of 75 |
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
3,692
-185 (-5%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 2,242
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 3,692 | 231.2 | 16.0:1 | 64% (2,380) |
| 2023-24 | 3,739 | 235.7 | 15.9:1 | 64% (2,377) |
| 2022-23 | 3,870 | 247.4 | 15.7:1 | 72% (2,777) |
| 2020-21 | 3,877 | 239 | 16.2:1 | 71% (2,739) |
| 2017-18 | 4,205 | 258.3 | 16.3:1 | 58% (2,424) |
| 2015-16 | 4,184 | 224 | 18.7:1 | 57% (2,375) |
| 2010-11 | 3,457 | 226 | 15.3:1 | 9% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 2,389 | 141 | 16.9:1 | 20% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 2,242 | 110 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dobie High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (4,205 to 3,692); teachers down 11% (258.3 to 231.2).
About Dobie High School
Dobie High School is one of the public schools in HOUSTON, Texas. It is a large high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 3,692 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Texas is about 796, so this school runs 364% above that.
PASADENA ISD runs 67 schools with a combined 46,491 students. Dobie High School is one of them.
A majority of students at Dobie High School, 67%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 17% Black, 9% Asian, and 4% White. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 23 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Dobie High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
At Dobie High School, 231.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.0:1. For comparison, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Dobie High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Dobie High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.3%, compared with a predicted 46.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Harris County census figures show that median household income is 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%. Dobie High School is among the 1,205 public schools in Harris County.
Nearby, Moore Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away. Dobie High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dobie High School at 6th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 3,877 in 2020-21 and 3,692 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
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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 PASADENA ISD
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 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
- Moore Elementary School0.3 mi · 356
- Melillo Middle School0.6 mi · 612
- Thompson Intermediate School1.0 mi · 835
- South Belt Elementary School1.1 mi · 690
- Atkinson Elementary School1.3 mi · 454
- Frazier Elementary School1.4 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Dobie High SchoolHow large is Dobie High School?
Dobie High School enrolls approximately 3,692 students in grades 09-12.
Is Dobie High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dobie High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dobie High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dobie High School is approximately 16.0:1 (231 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dobie High School?
Dobie High School reports a student body of 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dobie High School?
Dobie High School is overseen by PASADENA ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.