SCARBOROUGH H S

SCARBOROUGH H S is one of the mid-sized senior highs in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD, with 691 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

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

In terms of who attends, SCARBOROUGH H S records that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SCARBOROUGH H S lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SCARBOROUGH H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 33.4%.

In the broader community, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), SCARBOROUGH H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WAINWRIGHT EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCARBOROUGH H S ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCARBOROUGH H S has ticked down 11%, going from 780 students in 2018 to 691 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 75% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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