North Heights Alter

Amarillo Isd · Potter County · High school

North Heights Alter enrolled 54 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 97.5% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the top 41% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~5 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

North Heights Alter Texas
Graduation rate ’24+5.9 vs TX
North Heights Alter 95.7%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24bottom 37% in TX-4.7 vs TX
North Heights Alter 70.4%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22bottom 7% in TX-20.5 vs TX
North Heights Alter 24.1%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24bottom 5% in TX-77.5 vs TX
North Heights Alter 3.6%Texas 81.1%
Advanced course completion ’24-39.3 vs TX
North Heights Alter 15.8%Texas 55.1%

Outcomes

Graduation rate

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

406080100201220152018202120249690

College/career/military ready

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

0204060802017201920212023202475

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.

0102030405020162018202020224524

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.

02040608020122015201820212024814

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.

1015202012201520182021202415

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.

42044046048050052054020132016201920222024college-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.

50060070080020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark457

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

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

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

20253035402017201920222024202526

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

4042444648502017201920222024202549

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

0204060201720192022202420254420

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

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

0204060201420172020202320245516

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

010203040201520172019202120232024354

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

05101520122015201820212024170

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,3368

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202497.5%95.7%98.7%95.9%97.6%
College/career/military ready202479.7%70.4%80.8%81.1%83.6%
Algebra I proficiency20250%0%
Biology proficiency202514.3%
English II proficiency20256.3%0%9.1%
Advanced course completion202418.5%15.8%18.8%19.6%22.1%
Took an AP/IB course202411.6%3.6%12.9%13.2%13%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%0%0%

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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).