Pasadena Isd

68 campuses · Harris County

Pasadena Isd enrolled 14,165 students across 68 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 90% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Pasadena Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24-2.1 vs TX
Pasadena Isd 87.7%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+14.1 vs TX
Pasadena Isd 89.2%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22+4.5 vs TX
Pasadena Isd 49.1%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+15.9 vs TX
Pasadena Isd 97.0%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24-7.8 vs TX
Pasadena Isd 6.7%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+7.1 vs TX
Pasadena Isd 33.1%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24-15.0 vs TX
Pasadena Isd 40.1%Texas 55.1%

Graduation rate

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

808590201220152018202120249088

College/career/military ready

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

406080201720192021202320248975

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.

4550556020162018202020224945

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.

6080100201220152018202120249781

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.

010203020122015201820212024157

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.

2030405060201720192022202420253326

Advanced course completion

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

2030405060201420172020202320245540

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

101520201220152018202120241712

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202490%87.7%90.2%86.9%89.2%
College/career/military ready202491.2%89.2%91.4%90.3%91.1%
Algebra I proficiency202540.4%33.1%40.6%46.9%39.2%
Biology proficiency202556.4%48.6%55.6%68.5%54.1%
English II proficiency202546%38.9%44.8%62.6%43.6%
Grade 3 math202337.9%36.7%37.6%45.5%35.4%
Grade 4 math202343.2%30.1%42.6%40.3%41.8%
Grade 5 math202337.4%29.3%36.2%47.8%35%
Grade 6 math202323.2%20.5%22.2%22.4%21.4%
Grade 7 math202333%18.7%30.3%62.4%30.2%
Grade 8 math202344.1%36.6%43.2%59.3%41.7%
Grade 3 reading202344.9%45.5%45.2%54.5%42.7%
Grade 4 reading202340.7%34%39.6%47.1%38.6%
Grade 5 reading202345%42.4%43.7%51%42%
Grade 6 reading202344.3%36.5%42.9%63.9%41.2%
Grade 7 reading202348.2%35.9%47.5%60.2%46.1%
Grade 8 reading202348.5%45.3%46.9%66%46.9%
Advanced course completion202457%40.1%57.2%59.6%56.3%
Took an AP/IB course202438.2%22.9%37.5%41%38.7%
Took an AP/IB exam202420.5%11.7%19.6%23.2%19.6%
Passed an AP/IB exam202441.8%28.6%36.6%53.7%36.6%

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