Goose Creek Memorial

Goose Creek Cisd · Harris County · High school

Goose Creek Memorial enrolled 2,331 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 97.3% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the top 42% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~15 Black students in a recent year here. One student can move a rate several points. Read the shaded 95% bands, not single-year jumps.

At a glance vs. Texas

Goose Creek Memorial Texas
Graduation rate ’24top 23% in TX+8.0 vs TX
Goose Creek Memorial 97.8%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24top 11% in TX+21.5 vs TX
Goose Creek Memorial 96.6%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22top 12% in TX+13.8 vs TX
Goose Creek Memorial 58.4%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24top 44% in TX+8.8 vs TX
Goose Creek Memorial 89.9%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24bottom 40% in TX-5.7 vs TX
Goose Creek Memorial 8.8%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25top 50% in TX+0.8 vs TX
Goose Creek Memorial 26.8%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24top 46% in TX+2.8 vs TX
Goose Creek Memorial 57.9%Texas 55.1%

The advanced pipeline

Black students at each gate, latest year. Each stage has its own denominator; the bars sit side by side, never multiplied.

Complete an advanced or dual-credit course58 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 209 · White: 72
Take an AP/IB exam7 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 207 · White: 12
Pass an AP/IB exam40 in 100
of students who took one · 2021 · n = 15 · White: 55

Outcomes

Graduation rate

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

859095100201220152018202120249890

College/career/military ready

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

406080100201720192021202320249775

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.

304050607020162018202020225845

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

College entrance exams

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

20406080100201220152018202120249081

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.

010203020122015201820212024159

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.

Avg SAT math

Average SAT math score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 530 is the college-ready benchmark.

40045050020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark434

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg SAT reading/writing

Average SAT reading and writing score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 480 is the college-ready benchmark.

40050060070080020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark457

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg ACT math

Average ACT math score among test-takers (1-36).

1616.51717.5182013201620192022202416

Avg ACT English

Average ACT English score among test-takers (1-36).

14151617201320162019202220241614

Avg ACT science

Average ACT science score among test-takers (1-36).

15161718201320162019202220241716

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

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

203040502017201920222024202527

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

3040506070201720192022202420255749

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

30405060201720192022202420255044

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

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

40506070802014201720202023202458

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

2040602015201720192021202320243523

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

01020304020122015201820212024177

Passed an AP/IB exam

Scored a passing 3+ on an AP exam (4+ on IB), among students who took one.

0204060802012201520182021202440

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,336439

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202497.3%97.8%98%95.6%96.4%
College/career/military ready202498.2%96.6%98.7%98.8%98.6%
Algebra I proficiency202529.1%26.8%28%27%27.3%
Biology proficiency202561.4%56.8%61.3%59.7%57.6%
English II proficiency202551.4%49.6%48.6%57.4%47.6%
Advanced course completion202465.1%57.9%64.1%72%65.1%
Took an AP/IB course202422.5%22.5%18.3%26.7%18.6%
Took an AP/IB exam20248.6%6.8%6.7%11.5%7.8%
Passed an AP/IB exam202453.7%52.3%55%45.8%

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Years are the school year the students were measured in, not the report year. Missing points mean the state masked a small group for privacy, not zero. Data: Texas Education Agency TAPR. Download this school's data (JSON).