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If you had an hour of school board time for VICTORY EARLY COLLEGE H S, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
442
High
DISTRICT 1,349 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771011879
Victory Early College High School
4141 S VICTORY ST, HOUSTON, TX 77088 · (281) 878-7885 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
20.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
355 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 120 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 107 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 109 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 24% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
92.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
77.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +69.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 69 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 55.0% | 6.0% | 2.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 47.0% | 20.0% | 3.0% |
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 | 92.0% | 77.0% |
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+42.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 42 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 Victory Early College High School
Victory Early College High School's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Early College High School this school | 442 | 80.3% | 81.7% |
| Uplift Luna Prep High School DALLAS | 472 | 82.4% | 45.8% |
| School of Health Professions DALLAS | 497 | 83.7% | 88.6% |
| Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School FORT WORTH | 347 | 80.4% | 64.5% |
| H S for Law and Justice HOUSTON | 391 | 82.1% | 71.0% |
| Marvin E Robinson School of Business and Mgmt DALLAS | 476 | 84.2% | 87.4% |
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 Victory Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #77 of 1,385 | #16 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #73 of 1,425 ▲ 133 | #15 of 155 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #47 of 1,425 ▲ 10 | #11 of 155 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +41.0pp | #26 of 1,184 | #1 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #971 of 2,107 | #140 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,280 of 1,344 | #137 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #922 of 1,346 | #107 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #385 of 1,522 | #83 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #416 of 672 | #42 of 64 |
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
442
+22 (+5%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 442 | 22.1 | 20.0:1 | 80% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 85% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 15.6 | 25.9:1 | 85% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 85% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 89% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 19 | 23.6:1 | 80% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 68% (225) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Victory Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (408 to 442); teachers up 11% (20 to 22.1).
About Victory Early College High School
In HOUSTON, Texas, Victory Early College High School is a low-enrollment high school. It educates 442 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 44% smaller than the 796 average for high schools in Texas.
ALDINE ISD counts 56,419 students in its 76 schools, and Victory Early College High School is one of them.
A majority of students at Victory Early College High School, 77%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 16% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 33 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Victory Early College High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Its 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 80% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Victory Early College High School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Victory Early College High School is 42.3 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Texas.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Victory Early College High School is one of 1,205 public schools in Harris County, which together enroll about 886,911 students.
Harmony School of Endeavor-Houston is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Victory Early College High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Victory Early College High School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Victory Early College High School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 420 in 2020-21 and 442 in 2024-25, a 5% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
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Nearby schools
- Harmony School of Endeavor-Houston0.5 mi · 561
- Smith Elementary School0.7 mi · 553
- Harris Elementary School0.7 mi · 448
- Vines Ec/PK/K0.7 mi · 572
- Hoffman Middle School0.8 mi · 643
- Caraway Elementary School1.0 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Victory Early College High SchoolHow many students attend Victory Early College High School?
Victory Early College High School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Victory Early College High School serve?
Victory Early College High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Victory Early College High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Victory Early College High School is approximately 20.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Victory Early College High School?
At Victory Early College High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Victory Early College High School?
Victory Early College High School is overseen by ALDINE ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.