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Enrollment
2,150
High
DISTRICT 830 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOOSE CREEK CISD·NCES 482115002122
Sterling High School
300 W BAKER RD, BAYTOWN, TX 77521 · (281) 420-4500 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,150 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
129 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
1,526 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 522 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 571 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 554 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 503 | 23% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 38.0% | 20.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 30.0% | 35.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Sterling High School
Sterling High School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling High School this school | 2,150 | 71.0% | 51.3% |
| Travis B Bryan High School BRYAN | 2,426 | 71.5% | 40.5% |
| Corsicana High School CORSICANA | 1,837 | 68.4% | 41.9% |
| Roosevelt High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,431 | 71.5% | 50.8% |
| Texas City High School TEXAS CITY | 1,689 | 69.1% | 39.0% |
| Goose Creek Memorial BAYTOWN | 2,335 | 65.5% | 50.7% |
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 Sterling High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #773 of 1,385 | #79 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #726 of 1,425 ▼ 42 | #108 of 155 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,168 of 1,425 no change | #122 of 155 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #565 of 1,184 | #77 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,150 | #269 of 2,107 | #60 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,014 of 1,344 | #85 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #463 of 1,346 | #52 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #558 of 1,522 | #116 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #237 of 557 | #35 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
2,150
+105 (+5%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 2,196
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 2,150 | 129.5 | 16.6:1 | 71% (1,526) |
| 2023-24 | 2,130 | 140.9 | 15.1:1 | 71% (1,516) |
| 2022-23 | 2,098 | 147.2 | 14.3:1 | 69% (1,447) |
| 2020-21 | 2,045 | 149 | 13.7:1 | 61% (1,242) |
| 2017-18 | 2,401 | 142.9 | 16.8:1 | 58% (1,392) |
| 2015-16 | 2,386 | 155 | 15.4:1 | 57% (1,360) |
| 2010-11 | 2,270 | 159 | 14.3:1 | 51% (1,161) |
| 2000-01 | 2,504 | 145 | 17.3:1 | 26% (647) |
| 1990-91 | 2,196 | 125 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sterling High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (2,401 to 2,150); teachers down 9% (142.9 to 129.5).
About Sterling High School
Sterling High School, located in BAYTOWN, Texas, is a large high school. The school serves 2,150 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in Texas is roughly 796 students; this school is 170% larger than that.
GOOSE CREEK CISD enrolls 24,032 students in 34 schools, including Sterling High School.
At 61%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Sterling High School combined. It is also 18% White and 17% Black. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 17 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Sterling High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Its teaching staff equals 129.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.6:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Around 71% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Sterling High School scores 51.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 43.4%.
Federal survey data for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
The closest public school to Sterling High School is Sheila Liles Early Learning Academy, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Sterling High School comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Sterling High School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Sterling High School had 2,045 students in 2020-21 and 2,150 in 2024-25, a 5% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 16.6:1 over the same years.
The Sterling High School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 GOOSE CREEK CISD
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Highlands Junior High SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Cedar Bayou Junior High SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other schools in BAYTOWN
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Cedar Bayou Junior High SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Stephen F Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 792 students
Other Sterling High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Sterling High. Sterling High School is the largest of the 7.
- Sterling High SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,146 students
- Sterling High SchoolSterling, IL · 999 students
- Sterling High SchoolSomerdale, NJ · 839 students
- Sterling High SchoolSTERLING, CO · 421 students
- Sterling High SchoolSterling, OK · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Sheila Liles Early Learning Academy0.4 mi · 334
- Crockett Elementary School0.9 mi · 545
- Stuart Career Tech High School1.0 mi · 597
- Gccisd Virtual Academy1.4 mi · 79
- Alamo Elementary School1.6 mi · 746
- Peter E Hyland Center2.1 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About Sterling High SchoolHow many students attend Sterling High School?
Sterling High School enrolls approximately 2,150 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sterling High School serve?
Sterling High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Sterling High School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Sterling High School.
What is the student diversity at Sterling High School?
Student demographics at Sterling High School are roughly 18% White, 61% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sterling High School public or private?
Sterling High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GOOSE CREEK CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.