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Enrollment
2,185
High
DISTRICT 1,777 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003849
SOUTH HOUSTON H S
3820 S SHAVER, SO HOUSTON, TX 77587 · (713) 740-0350 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,185 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
143 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
1,864 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
35.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,185
-717 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
86%
was 88%
% Black
10%
was 9%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SOUTH HOUSTON H S
SOUTH HOUSTON H S is a four-year high school of high-enrollment scale in SO HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within PASADENA ISD, enrolling 2,185 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so SOUTH HOUSTON H S sits 174% larger than that benchmark.
SOUTH HOUSTON H S is one of 67 schools operated by PASADENA ISD, a district that serves 46,491 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH HOUSTON H S records that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 10% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, SOUTH HOUSTON H S shows 143 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTH HOUSTON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of +5.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTH HOUSTON H S is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
The closest other public school is PEARL HALL EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SOUTH HOUSTON H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH HOUSTON H S has edged down 25%, going from 2,902 students in 2018 to 2,185 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 H SHigh · 3,692 students
- PASADENA MEMORIAL H SHigh · 3,177 students
- SAM RAYBURN H SHigh · 2,627 students
- PASADENA H SHigh · 2,217 students
- DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H SCombined · 1,486 students
- BONDY INTMiddle · 933 students
Other schools in SO HOUSTON
- PEARL HALL ELElementary · 571 students
- SOUTH HOUSTON INTMiddle · 509 students
- SOUTH HOUSTON ELElementary · 422 students
Nearby schools
- PEARL HALL EL0.6 mi · 571
- YOUNG EL0.9 mi · 545
- MILLER INT0.9 mi · 780
- YES PREP - SOUTHEAST0.9 mi · 854
- SOUTHEAST EL0.9 mi · 816
- EARNESTEEN MILSTEAD MIDDLE1.1 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH HOUSTON H SHow large is SOUTH HOUSTON H S?
SOUTH HOUSTON H S enrolls approximately 2,185 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SOUTH HOUSTON H S serve?
SOUTH HOUSTON H S serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH HOUSTON H S?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH HOUSTON H S is approximately 15.3:1 (143 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH HOUSTON H S?
At SOUTH HOUSTON H S, the student body is approximately 2% White, 86% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is SOUTH HOUSTON H S public or private?
SOUTH HOUSTON H S is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.