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Houston Isd

295 campuses · Harris County

Houston Isd enrolled 43,782 students across 295 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 86.5% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Houston Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24-3.4 vs TX
Houston Isd 86.4%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+12.3 vs TX
Houston Isd 87.4%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-4.0 vs TX
Houston Isd 40.6%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+10.5 vs TX
Houston Isd 91.6%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24-1.7 vs TX
Houston Isd 12.8%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+10.0 vs TX
Houston Isd 36.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+2.8 vs TX
Houston Isd 57.9%Texas 55.1%

192 of 2,280 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

808590201220152018202120249086

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

406080201720192021202320248775

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

354045505520162018202020224541

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

60708090100201220152018202120249281

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

5101520201220152018202120241513

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

203040201720192022202420253626

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

2040602014201720202023202458

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

15202530201220152018202120242717

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202486.5%86.4%85%92.7%84.8%
College/career/military ready202490.4%87.4%90.4%96.3%89.6%
Algebra I proficiency202541.7%36%41.9%55.4%40.6%
Biology proficiency202562.3%55%58.8%87.8%56%
English II proficiency202549.7%43.6%46.6%79.3%44.3%
Grade 3 math202342.2%28.4%37.9%75.9%34.2%
Grade 4 math202344.7%32.6%41.1%74.4%37.9%
Grade 5 math202346.6%32.6%43.9%74.1%40.1%
Grade 6 math202332.3%19.7%27.1%61.6%24.1%
Grade 7 math202332.1%20.2%29%61.2%25.2%
Grade 8 math202332.4%22.3%30.9%54.3%27.3%
Grade 3 reading202345.4%38.7%38.8%80.7%36.8%
Grade 4 reading202341.3%33.6%35.1%77.5%32.9%
Grade 5 reading202349.8%42.2%45.2%82.4%42.3%
Grade 6 reading202345.5%37.5%39.2%75.8%36.5%
Grade 7 reading202348.3%38.7%43%80.7%39.5%
Grade 8 reading202350.8%40.9%47.7%77.4%43.2%
Advanced course completion202466.6%57.9%65.5%86.8%63.3%
Took an AP/IB course202456%43.2%55%82.6%50.5%
Took an AP/IB exam202440.1%27%38%72.7%33.6%
Passed an AP/IB exam202451.8%32.5%44.1%78.8%41.7%

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