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HOUSTON H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HOUSTON H S
HOUSTON H S is one of the medium-sized 9-12 campuss in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD, with 800 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Within SAN ANTONIO ISD, which oversees 100 schools and 47,623 students, HOUSTON H S is one campus in the system.
Demographically, HOUSTON H S reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 35% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, On paper, HOUSTON H S has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HOUSTON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
With demographic context factored in, HOUSTON H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.
Around the school, census data for Bexar County shows median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. HOUSTON H S is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
The closest other public school is DAVIS MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOUSTON H S comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 1,132 students in 2018 compared to 800 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.
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