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Alumni: what's one memory from WESTCHESTER ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
864
High
DISTRICT 1,719 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110008831
Westchester Academy for International Studies
901 YORKCHESTER, HOUSTON, TX 77079 · (713) 251-1800 · Harris County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL864 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- C+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
13.7:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
422 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 6 | 151 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 11% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
90.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
73.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 35.0% | 8.0% | 2.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 38.0% | 21.0% | 6.0% |
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 | 90.0% | 73.0% |
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 28 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 Westchester Academy for International Studies
Westchester Academy for International Studies's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westchester Academy for International Studies this school | 864 | 48.8% | 80.8% |
| Calhoun High School PORT LAVACA | 989 | 51.1% | 51.3% |
| Legacy Freshman High School MIDLAND | 890 | 53.7% | 48.1% |
| Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School ODESSA | 476 | 50.2% | 84.8% |
| Lubbock High School LUBBOCK | 1,927 | 53.8% | 55.6% |
| South Texas ISD Science Academy MERCEDES | 840 | 54.8% | 78.2% |
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 Westchester Academy for International Studies ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #91 of 1,385 | #18 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #120 of 1,425 ▼ 4 | #26 of 155 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #75 of 1,425 ▲ 17 | #15 of 155 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #678 of 1,184 | #96 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 864 | #648 of 2,107 | #97 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #517 of 1,344 | #21 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #554 of 1,346 | #65 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #1,031 of 1,522 | #145 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #146 of 557 | #19 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
864
-60 (-6%) vs 2020
+234% since 2000-01, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 864 | 62.9 | 13.7:1 | 49% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 864 | 67.1 | 12.9:1 | 54% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 890 | 63.9 | 13.9:1 | 57% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 924 | 70 | 13.2:1 | 50% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 1,031 | 77.2 | 13.3:1 | 42% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 1,014 | 76 | 13.3:1 | 58% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 75 | 13.0:1 | 53% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 12% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westchester Academy for International Studies.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,031 to 864); teachers down 19% (77.2 to 62.9).
About Westchester Academy for International Studies
Federal records list Westchester Academy for International Studies as a high school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school had 864 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25.
SPRING BRANCH ISD serves 33,793 students across 46 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Westchester Academy for International Studies, at 64%. The remaining shares are 20% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Harris County's population at about 44%. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 62.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.7 students per teacher. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 49% of students. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Westchester Academy for International Studies is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Westchester Academy for International Studies ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools. It scores 80.8%; the prediction is 52.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Westchester Academy for International Studies is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Wilchester Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 80.8% is above the 61.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Westchester Academy for International Studies as a charter school.
The school enrolled 864 students in 2024-25, 60 fewer than the 924 it had in 2020-21.
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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 SPRING BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 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
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Wilchester Elementary School0.2 mi · 854
- Rummel Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 793
- Meadow Wood Elementary School1.0 mi · 686
- Spring Forest Middle School1.0 mi · 993
- Spring Branch Academic Institute1.0 mi · 174
- Thornwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Westchester Academy for International StudiesHow large is Westchester Academy for International Studies?
Westchester Academy for International Studies enrolls approximately 864 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Westchester Academy for International Studies serve?
Westchester Academy for International Studies serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westchester Academy for International Studies?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westchester Academy for International Studies is approximately 13.7:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westchester Academy for International Studies?
At Westchester Academy for International Studies, the student body is approximately 20% White, 64% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Westchester Academy for International Studies?
Westchester Academy for International Studies is overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.