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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SCARBOROUGH H S this year?
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Enrollment
691
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002580
Scarborough High School
4141 COSTA RICA, HOUSTON, TX 77092 · (713) 613-2200 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
11.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
668 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 | 221 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 169 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 151 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 150 | 22% |
Student demographics
28%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 20.0% | 48.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 33.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 10.0% | 3.0% |
| 2021-22 | 6.0% | 3.0% |
| 2020-21 | 11.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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%.
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 Scarborough High School
Scarborough High School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough High School this school | 691 | 96.7% | 35.0% |
| KIPP Generations Collegiate HOUSTON | 614 | 96.1% | 42.6% |
| KIPP Sharpstown College Prep HOUSTON | 789 | 95.6% | 48.4% |
| West Oso High School CORPUS CHRISTI | 491 | 94.7% | 51.3% |
| Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A Maceo Smith DALLAS | 554 | 91.7% | 71.2% |
| YES Prep North Forest HOUSTON | 991 | 94.0% | 38.1% |
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 Scarborough High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,257 of 1,385 | #135 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #913 of 1,425 ▲ 205 | #133 of 155 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,351 of 1,425 ▼ 2 | #149 of 155 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +28.5pp | #181 of 1,184 | #27 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #749 of 2,107 | #113 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #230 of 1,344 | #8 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #1,044 of 1,346 | #117 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #39 of 1,522 | #9 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #222 of 557 | #32 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
691
-40 (-5%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 952
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 691 | 60.4 | 11.4:1 | 97% (668) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 56.9 | 12.7:1 | 96% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 44.4 | 16.9:1 | 96% (721) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 95% (693) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 46.7 | 16.7:1 | 94% (734) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 91% (692) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 52 | 14.5:1 | 56% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 966 | 52 | 18.6:1 | 36% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 952 | 49 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scarborough High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (780 to 691); teachers up 29% (46.7 to 60.4).
About Scarborough High School
Scarborough High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in HOUSTON, Texas. School enrollment was 691 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12.
Scarborough High School reports to HOUSTON ISD, which has 273 schools and 176,727 students.
Scarborough High School's enrollment is 84% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 11% Black and 2% White. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 60.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Scarborough High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.4:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
allk12 grades Scarborough High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Scarborough High School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 35.0% actual against 32.4% predicted.
Harris County has about 4,838,303 residents, and the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Besides Scarborough High School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Scarborough High School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Wainwright Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 35.3%, higher than Scarborough High School's 35.0%.
In the federal locale system, Scarborough High School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Scarborough High School's enrollment dropped 5%, to 691. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 HOUSTON ISD
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- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
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Other Scarborough High schools
One other US public school is named Scarborough High. Scarborough High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Scarborough High SchoolScarborough, ME · 903 students
Nearby schools
- Wainwright Elementary School0.5 mi · 382
- Southwest Public Schools Visual & Perf Arts Academy0.6 mi · 487
- Benbrook Elementary School0.6 mi · 481
- KIPP Nexus Middle School0.7 mi · 432
- KIPP Nexus Primary School0.7 mi · 739
- Smith Elementary School0.9 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Scarborough High SchoolHow many students attend Scarborough High School?
Scarborough High School enrolls approximately 691 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Scarborough High School serve?
Scarborough High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Scarborough High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Scarborough High School is approximately 11.4:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scarborough High School?
At Scarborough High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Scarborough High School in?
Scarborough High School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.