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Enrollment
3,177
High
DISTRICT 1,777 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432009283
Pasadena Memorial High School
4410 CRENSHAW, PASADENA, TX 77504 · (713) 740-0390 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,177 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
183 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
2,071 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 | 782 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 869 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 813 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 713 | 22% |
Student demographics
29%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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 49.0% | 18.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 45.0% | 24.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% 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 18 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 Pasadena Memorial High School
Pasadena Memorial High School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Memorial High School this school | 3,177 | 65.2% | 63.9% |
| Akins Early College High School AUSTIN | 2,421 | 63.8% | 40.5% |
| Legacy of Educational Excellence High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,285 | 66.3% | 50.0% |
| Stevens High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,546 | 61.1% | 44.3% |
| Eastlake High School EL PASO | 3,004 | 64.5% | 55.1% |
| Turner High School CARROLLTON | 2,035 | 66.4% | 43.9% |
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 Pasadena Memorial High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #385 of 1,385 | #48 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #219 of 1,425 ▲ 77 | #33 of 155 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #737 of 1,425 ▼ 38 | #77 of 155 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #733 of 1,184 | #105 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,177 | #65 of 2,107 | #27 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,120 of 1,344 | #107 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #1,041 of 1,346 | #116 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #693 of 1,522 | #125 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #371 of 557 | #55 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
3,177
+128 (+4%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 2,798
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 3,177 | 182.9 | 17.4:1 | 65% (2,071) |
| 2023-24 | 3,120 | 188.9 | 16.5:1 | 65% (2,019) |
| 2022-23 | 3,047 | 193.2 | 15.8:1 | 72% (2,187) |
| 2020-21 | 3,049 | 191 | 16.0:1 | 69% (2,119) |
| 2017-18 | 3,375 | 212.2 | 15.9:1 | 63% (2,117) |
| 2015-16 | 3,210 | 178 | 18.0:1 | 61% (1,959) |
| 2010-11 | 2,798 | 188 | 14.9:1 | 10% (283) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pasadena Memorial High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (3,375 to 3,177); teachers down 14% (212.2 to 182.9).
About Pasadena Memorial High School
Pasadena Memorial High School is a public high-enrollment high school in PASADENA, Texas. The school enrolls 3,177 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
PASADENA ISD (67 schools, 46,491 students) runs Pasadena Memorial High School.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Pasadena Memorial High School, with 84% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% White, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 44% of Harris County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Pasadena Memorial High School comes in at 29%.
A ratio of 17.4:1 comes from the school's 182.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 65% of students at Pasadena Memorial High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 45.9% for Pasadena Memorial High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 63.9%. The 18.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pasadena Memorial High School is one of 1,205 public schools in Harris County, which together enroll about 886,911 students.
The closest other public school is Tegeler Community School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Pasadena Memorial High School's average proficiency of 63.9% compares with 49.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 3,177 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 3,049. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.0:1 to 17.4:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 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 PASADENA
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Pomeroy Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Nearby schools
- Tegeler Community School0.3 mi · 150
- Teague Elementary School0.3 mi · 709
- Carter Lomax Middle School0.5 mi · 552
- Turner Elementary School0.6 mi · 526
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School0.7 mi · 1,486
- Bondy Intermediate School0.8 mi · 933
Frequently asked questions
About Pasadena Memorial High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pasadena Memorial High School?
Pasadena Memorial High School enrolls approximately 3,177 students in grades 09-12.
Is Pasadena Memorial High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pasadena Memorial High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Pasadena Memorial High School have?
Pasadena Memorial High School employs 183 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Pasadena Memorial High School?
Student demographics at Pasadena Memorial High School are roughly 6% White, 84% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Pasadena Memorial High School?
Pasadena Memorial 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.