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Principal Agnes Perry Bell with some of her students at the Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions. The school earned the top spot in the rankings.Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle

Americans love lists. Best restaurants. Hippest cities. Richest people.Rating public schools proves to be trickier.

As any real-estate agent will tell you, people move to neighborhoods, or out of them, because of the schools.But there’s no single way, or universally accepted way, to measure school performance.

In Houston, the nonprofit research and advocacy group Children at Risk just released its ninth annual schoolrankings, adding to the debate over school quality in the region. The group’s analysis, based on test scores and other

factors like graduation rates and success with low-income students, puts the Clear Creek Independent SchoolDistrict at the top and Spring ISD on the bottom among the area’s largest districts.

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School rankings show successes, failures

With Texas’ populationboom comes a challenge:how to successfully edu-cate the rising number ofstudents — many of thempoor, with first languagesother thanEnglish—in thestate’s public schools.

Nowhere is the problemas big as in the Houstonregion, where more than1.1 million children are en-rolled — 680,000 of themfrom low-income families.

“Theimportantquestionfor all parents and for allcitizens ofTexas is, ‘Arewedoingenough tomakesurethe growing number of ec-onomically disadvantagedkids have a good educa-tion?’ ” said Bob Sanborn,president and chief execu-tive of the Houston-basednonprofitChildrenatRisk.“The answer is clearly weare not doing enough.”

Sanborn points to hisgroup’s latest analysis ofschool data as evidence.Children at Risk recentlyreleased its ninth annualranking of the Houstonarea’s public schools, andfewer than a quarter ofthose receiving “A” gradeshave student populationsthat aremostly poor.

Among and withindistricts, the disparity inschool quality is stark.Comparing the area’slargest districts, the ClearCreek Independent SchoolDistrict earned the No.1 spot while Spring ISDlanded at the bottom.

Houston ISD, home tothe top-ranked elementa-ry,middle andhighschool,also boasts the six worsthigh schools.

The city’s great ex-perimentation with char-ter schools — which aretaxpayer-funded but runby private groups — hasproven amixed bag.While

some perform near the topof the pack, particularlywith poor children, thebottom three elementaryschoolswere charters.

Suburban schools withmore affluent studentsor specialty schools thatrequire students to ap-ply continue to dominatethe top of the rankings.

Reacting to rankingsLove school rankings or

hate them, they typicallyget people talking — andthat’s a good thing, San-born said. “We’ve beendoing this for nine years,andwhat we always see is,peoplewhosee their schoolranked lower than expect-ed, they want to changethat,” he said. “That is themain intent of the rank-ings — to activate parents

to take action.”Parents, he said, can

volunteer at their chil-dren’s schools or press ad-ministrators for change, orthey can try to transfer toanother campus. Switch-ing schools is not oftenpossible, but Texas’ PublicEducation Grant programoffers a little-used trans-fer option to students atschools that repeatedly failtomeet state standards.

Students also can try toland a spot in a specialtyschoolwithin their districtor apply to a charter.

Only one comprehen-sive high school — Clem-entsHigh inFortBend ISD— ranked in the top 10 ontheChildren atRisk list.

Earning the No. 1 spotwas DeBakey High Schoolfor Health Professions, an

HISD magnet school thatrequires students to apply.

HISD’s T.H. Rogers, acombined elementary andmiddle school serving gift-ed students, earned the topspot on both lists. At thebottom of the high schoollist were HISD’s Madison,Jones, Wheatley, Sterling,Kashmere andWorthing.

Overall, Clear Creek,Conroe, Katy and FortBendperformed thebest ofthe area’s largest districts.Alief ISD, where the per-centage of low-income stu-dents ismore than twice ashigh, ranked just behindthem.

Looking for answersUnlike the state and fed-

eral school rating systems,Children at Risk looks atwhether students scoredatthe highest levels on state-

mandated exams in read-ing andmath, not whetherthey simply passed.

In addition, the schoolsare judged on whethertheir students made prog-ress from one year to thenext, compared with stu-dents from other schoolsat the same prior achieve-ment level.

“We really wanted tolook at growth,” Sanbornsaid, “because we knowat some schools, kids aregrowingand learningmorethan in other places.”

Still, measuring studentprogress can be controver-sial.

The Texas EducationAgency, for example, wasforced to scrap its form ofa growth measure in 2011after complaints about itsapproach — which gaveschools credit for students

who may have failed stateexams but were projectedto pass in coming years.

The Children at Riskmethod is different, butit still involves compli-cated statistics that can behard for parents wantingclear-cut answers about aschool’s performance.

“Rankings give you awindow” into a school’sperformance, said ColleenDippel, founder of Fami-lies Empowered, a Hous-ton nonprofit that helpsparentsnavigate the schoolchoice process. “We en-courage parents to call theschools and go visit. ... Ifthey’re not going to let youcome to the school, whatdoes that say?”

The state’s rating sys-tem presents a far rosierpictureof thepublic schoolsystem. Roughly 10 per-cent of schools in Texaslanded on the state’s “im-provement required” listlast year. In comparison,Children at Risk assignedD or F grades to about 30percent of the schools.

By Ericka Mellon

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Michael E. DeBakey High School juniors Carolyn Nguyen, left, andMei Atienza prepare for a quiz in theirdental science class. The HISDmagnet school received the top ranking in a survey of schools.

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T.H. Rogers kindergartners including HayaWishah, 5, left, sing and use signlanguage during music class. The school earned a top spot on two lists.

Questions to askon a school visitIn addition to reviewing a

school’s data, the Houston

nonprofit Families Em-

powered recommends that

parents visit campuses and

ask questions, such as:

What does your school

offer that makes it different

from other schools?

What type of student

succeeds at this school?

What opportunities do you

offer students outside the

classroom (such as sports,

clubs and field trips)?

How do you grade

homework? What is the

consequence if homework

is incomplete?

Do you offer or require

tutorials for struggling

students?

How do you discipline

students?

Children at Risk’ssystem looks atstudent growth,high exam levels

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In The Woodlands’overheated housing mar-ket, says AlinaWinford ofKeller Williams Realty, it’snot enough for a Realtor tojumpona fresh listingwitha buyer’s offer in hand.

These days, agents in-struct buyers to drivethrough neighborhoodsthey’d like to live in and

pick out a house that’s noton themarket. “Thenwegoknock on the door,” Win-fordsays, “andask, ‘Wouldyou like to sell?’ ”

Parents prefer ConroeIt’s a truism among Re-

altors that school zonesdetermine prices. Andthat’s particularly true forsuburbs,where ahighper-centage of residents have

school-age children. Win-ford describes two simi-lar listings — one in TheWoodlands, one in Spring—andnotes that thehousein TheWoodlands is likelyto sell for twice as much.The price difference, shesays, is due chiefly to par-ents’ preference of ConroeISDover Spring ISD.

Conroe ISD ranked sec-ond among 13 large Hous-ton-area school districtsthis year in the nonprofitChildren at Risk’s ninthannual School ReportCard. Spring ISD rankedlast among the large schoolsystems.

Area schooldistricts arereacting to “the Exxon ef-fect,”apopular termfor thecurrent boom inHouston’snorthern exurbs. It’s a ref-erence to the 385-acre Exx-on Mobil campus sched-uled to opennext year. Thecampus alone will employroughly 10,000 people —and inaddition, it’s set offasurge in new developmentand businesses relocatingto the fast-growing area.

“I loveTheWoodlands,”Winford exults. “Theschool districts here are allamazing.”

Steady growthConroe ISD is the dis-

trict perhapsmost affectedby the northern boom, andit is no stranger to growth.The district’s enrollment,just more than 55,000, hasgrown steadily by roughly1,500 students per year forthe last five years.

“We opened one new el-ementaryschool thisyear,”

saysdistrict spokeswomanLisa Meeks. “We’ll opentwonext year.”

Demographers expectthe district’s growth tocontinue at that pace —roughly the samepace thatnewhouses are built.

Interest in programsLast year, Exxon Mobil

invited several area dis-

tricts, including Conroe’s,to a relocation fair for itsFairfax,Va., employees.

At the booth, Meekssaid, parents pepperedherwith questions about Con-roe’s gifted-and-talentedprogram and its fine-artsofferings. They were par-ticularly interested, shesaid, in the district’s sci-enceprograms, suchas the

Academy of Science andTechnology at WoodlandsCollegeParkHighSchool.

But Exxon employeesdidn’t ask about the dis-trict’s test scores; they al-readyknew them.

“They’re engineers,”Meeks said. “They didtheir homework.”

Housingmarket drives growth in CISDREAL ESTATE

By Lisa Gray

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‘Exxon effect’ behind enrollment boom

at schools around The Woodlands

TheWoodlands College Park High School sophomores Maya Vasquez, left, andAnnmarie Janning team up on a project in chemistry class.

Jerry Baker photos

TheWoodlands College Park sophomore JamesJanes teamed up with freshman Anila Katragadda ona chemistry lab demonstration.


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Building a partnership for better learning

Sophomores at ClearHorizons learn chemistryin ahigh school classroom,thenwalk down the hall todo experiments in a collegelab.

In two years, many ofthem will graduate with ahigh school diploma andan associates degree fromSan Jacinto College, withwhich Clear Horizonsshares a campus.

“It requires a lot of de-termination and hardwork and a lot of organi-zation,” said Daniel Mina,a 16-year-old sophomoretakingcollegealgebra, phi-losophy and public speak-ing classes. “You really dohave to be focused in thisschool and committed todoing everything.”

Still, Mina says highschoolSpanish is thehard-est class he’s taken.

Among the topClear Horizons Early

College High School is thefifth best high school inthe area, according to thisyear’s annual Children atRiskrankings.Threeof thetop 15 high schools shareClear Horizons’ model —an increasingly popularway of educating generallydiverse student bodies onor near college campuses,in college classes.

Many students move onto universities, often withmore than a year’s worthof credit under their belts.Others move straight intothe workforce with associ-ates degrees.

It’sarigorousfouryears,but studentsandeducatorssay small class sizes, atten-tive teachers and helpfulpeers are factors in theschools’ success.

“It’s been one of themore popular and suc-cessful reforms of the lastfive years,” said DebbieRatcliffe, a spokeswomanfor the Texas EducationAgency. “We’ve seen a rap-id expansion of them andthey’re successful. With

the title you might thinkit was intended to attractonly your high-achievingstudents, but it’s beenparticularly successfulwith some students whohave been dubbed at-riskand were perhaps boredat traditional schools andwanted more challengingcoursesandmore indepen-dence.”

Advanced lessonsStudents at Clear Hori-

zons take English, math,social studies, science andSpanishwith ahigh schoolteacher. All other classesrequired for high schoolgraduation are taken withacollege instructor inacol-lege classroom alongsideother San Jacinto Collegestudents, Principal BrettLemley said. Students alsotake Advanced Placementclasses in 9th, 10th, and11th grades, which Lemleysays helps them developskill for the rigor of collegecoursework.

Lemley said Mina isn’talone in his assessment:“Many of our students tellus the high school classesare the harder classes.”

Students have to applyto get into the school. Thisyear, 236 students applied.Just 125 got in — but theywere chosen through a lot-tery, not based on ability,so the school has a mix ofstudents that reflect thede-mographics of Clear CreekISD. Nearly a third of thestudents are from low-in-come families, 30 percentare Hispanic and about 40percent are white. Ninety-nine percent graduate infour years.

At Houston ISD’s Chal-lenge Early College HighSchool, the first early col-lege high in the state, 62percent of students areconsidered economicallydisadvantaged and 69 per-cent are Hispanic. Ninety-six percent graduated infour years.

About half the studentsleave with an associate’sdegree and nearly all leave

with at least a year and ahalf of college credit. Theschool’s 98 seniors haveraked in almost $8 millionin scholarships.

“That’s our focus, ispushing them to get accep-tances and scholarships,”Principal Tonya Millersaid. “We want to armthem with whatever theyneed.”

Challenge — whichshares a campus withHouston Community Col-lege and admits just 130freshmen out ofmore than300 applicants annually—landed atNo. 7 on theChil-dren atRisk rankings.

Educators and studentsat both schools say the

smallstudentbody—about400 at Clear Horizons andabout450atChallenge—isan important factor in theirsuccess.

Using mentorsBoth schools havemen-

toring programs. At ClearHorizons, students whoperform better in certainsubjects are paired withclassmates to help themlearn. At Challenge, everystudent goes to a 40-min-ute advisory session ev-ery day for all four years.The classes have a mix ofstudents from 9th gradeto 12th, and the older stu-dents tend to act as men-tors to the younger ones,

Miller said.Smaller classes also

allow teachers to spendextra time with their stu-dents. This can be impor-tant because many classesare condensed to cover allthe necessary material intime.

At Clear Horizons, forexample, students take al-gebra and geometry, eachtypically a full-year class,in one semester each. It’smore challenging, but it’salso more aligned withcollege schedules, whereclasses last just a semester,said Valerie Foskit, whoteaches the classes. Andagain, the small class sizeshelp.

“It’s small and the rela-tionship between teach-ers and students is reallystrong,”Foskitsaid.“Whenthey’re feeling stressed,westop and talk about it.”

Meghan Bhakta, a15-year-old sophomore atClear Horizons, said thehardwork isworth it.

“The college experienceis really helpful for later,”Bhakta said. “I know a lotof people are really ner-vous to go to college, butnow that I’ve got a collegeexperience, I’m not thatnervous togo toa four-yearuniversity.”

By BenjaminWermund

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HIGHER EDUCATION

Clear Horizons offers its studentschance to graduate with bothhigh school diploma, college degree

Meghan Bhakta, left, and Lindsey Gumbar work on a pre-Advanced Placement chemistry quiz at the ClearHorizons Early College High School, which shares a campus with San Jacinto College.

Thomas B. Shea photo

Specialtyprogramsoffer studentsvarietyof educational choices

In most communities,families send their chil-dren to the schools closestto their homes.

But Houston is differ-ent. The city was amongthe first to embrace schoolchoice, with hundredsof magnet and charterschools that enroll stu-dents through nail-bitinglottery systems.

The Houston ISD, thelargest school system inTexas, is an open-enroll-ment district with a robustmagnet program that al-lows students to transferto any schoolwith space.

‘Diverse portfolio’Specialty programs

have themes such as Span-ish-immersion, Montes-sori, Mandarin Chinese,energy, medicine and finearts. Some of the campus-es, such as DeBakey HighSchool for Health Profes-sions, are among the mostelite in the state with hun-dreds onwaiting lists.

“HISD does have a verydiverseportfolioofschools,and parents really need tostart early thinking aboutwhat’s best for their child— not necessarily whatyour friends are pickingor what yourmom’s groupis picking, but what youfeel is best for your child,”Lupita Hinojosa, schoolservicesofficer, said. “Ninetimes out of 10, it’s that dia-mond in the rough thatwillbe the right fit.”

The Houston ISD re-ceived a record 53,800applications for magnetschools from about 20,000students this year. Part ofthe increase was attribut-ed to an online system thatenabled families toapply toup 10 schools.

Many of the higher-

performing elementaryschools have very fewmagnet seats open forchildren not zoned to theschool. Poe Elementary,for example, had 526 ap-plications for 15 open seatsforkindergarten in2014-15,according to data releasedFriday. Twain Elementaryhad 464 applications for 13kindergarten seats.

Still, HISD officials saidseats are available at someless-publicized programs.Hinojosa said WindsorVillage Elementary, witha program for gifted-and-

talented students, andClifton Middle School, thefirst campus in the districtto offer an all-female engi-neering class, are amongthe schools that still havespots.

Take a tourParents should pay

minimal attention to rank-ings and instead tour theschools, she advised.

“Go visit all the schoolsand you’ll know when it’sthe right place for yourchild,” she said. “Don’t letthose numbers and lettersandmom’sclubsdriveyour

decisions.”Pulling the best and

brightest students, typical-ly with the most involvedparents, from neighbor-hood schools doesn’t hap-pen without controversyor consequence. ManyHouston ISD parents andsupporters say the modelfurtherweakensstrugglingneighborhood schools andwidens the gap betweenHouston’s best and worstschools.

Trustee Rhonda Skill-ern-Jones said she knowsfamilies who received no-tices last month that theywere No. 350 on a waitlist for one of the district’smagnet schools.

“Wehave so few schoolswith quality,” Skillern-Jones said at a boardwork-shop thisweek. “Werefuseto do the work it takes tobuild quality schools in allneighborhoods.”

Applications are alsoused at a few suburbancampuses, including AliefISD’s Kerr High Schooland Spring Branch’sWestchester Academyfor International Studies.Charter schools, anotherpublic, taxpayer-fundedoption, use a similar sys-tem. Houston is the birth-place of KIPP, YES andHarmony Science charterschools, which now collec-tively serve tens of thou-sands of students.

Houston also has doz-ens of private schools, in-cluding about 30 Catholicschools that offer tuitionassistance to some fami-lies.

Parents are becomingmoreknowledgeableaboutthe importance of findinggood schools, said ColleenDippel, founderofFamiliesEmpowered, a nonprofitcreated tohelp low-income

families navigate Hous-ton’s complicated system.

“We’re finding that thedata is trending towardparents seeking out andunderstanding almost in-tuitively that it’s importanttoget intoaquality school,”she said.

Parents’ gripesAbout 11,000 families

asked the group for helplast year. Parents most of-ten complain about lowteacher quality, less-than-rigorous academics andsafety issuesat theirneigh-borhood schools, she said.

“We’re sending theminto a sub-optimal system,but we’re hoping that theyat least feel empoweredenough to continue to en-gage,”Dippel said.

Families who aren’table to transfer to higher-performing schools needto continue to advocate fortheir children at neighbor-hood schools.

Parents still lookingfor a school for the 2014-15academic year can attend aschool choice fair from 10a.m. to noon May 10 at theKIPP Southwest Campus,10711KIPPWay.

First-round applica-tions are due in Novemberfor Houston ISD. Applica-tions for HISD magnetstypically are due in Janu-ary, and families receiveacceptance notifications inlateMarch.

By Jennifer Radcliffe

[email protected]/jenradcliffe

Marshall McGowen, 14, a freshman at MichaelE. DeBakey High School for Health Professions,focuses on health care speakers during class.

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School opens book tomultilingual assets

Since St. George PlaceElementary pupils’ fami-lies come from throughoutthe world, representing36 languages spoken inthe home, school officialswanted to try somethingdifferent as a reading ini-tiative.

Principal Adam Ste-phens and Lisa Hernan-dez, the school’s dean ofinstruction and coordina-tor in the school’s efforts tobecomepartof the Interna-tional Baccalaureate pro-gram, wanted to providethekidswithbooks in theirfamilies’ native languages.A contribution totalingmore than $7,000 from theschool’s PTO made thatpossible.

Initially, the school at5430Hidalgo St. partneredwithHoustonIndependentSchool District’s libraryservices to get traditionalbooks in various languag-es.

“Wehavesections inourlibrary thathaveonlyMan-darin, Arabic, Swahili andotherbooks in thedifferentlanguages that thestudentsand parents can come andcheck out,” Stephens said.“But, one of the things wecame to realize was that itwas quite expensive.”

The school has 762 pu-pils in 41 classes, and costsadd up quickly if a versionof each title ispurchased ina different language.

Most classes had iPads,but “as we looked at AppleiBooks, we found the se-lections of children’s bookwas pretty limited, andalso the selectionsofbooksavailable in different lan-guages was limited,” Ste-phens said.

Amazonhad a larger se-lection of children’s booksinmultiple languages, andlast fall the school pur-chaseda fewe-books touse

on Kindle. School officialsdecided to ask thePTO if itwouldhelp.

“When we talked tothemaboutourgoal to sup-port the second-languagelearners, they said thatwas phenomenal,” Ste-phens said.

The PTO provided$3,500 for a Kindle in eachof the school’s 41 class-rooms, plus a gift certifi-cate for $1,000 in e-books.

The books are providedto a class in those languag-es spoken by the pupils inthat group.

“We thought it wouldbe a great way for all thestudents to be able to readbooks in their own lan-guages,” saidHollie Casas,the PTO president. “Also,if access to electronics athome was not available,the kids could have accessto books at school.”

“That (gift certificate)goes a longway,” Stephenssaid. “A lot of the books onAmazon are $6, $7; someare free.”

The PTOhas now fund-ed purchase of a secondbatch of Kindles for class-rooms for $2,080, alongwith a $500 gift certificatefor additional e-books.

“The children love read-ing their home languageson the Kindle,” first-gradeteacherTracyGlisan said.

She recalled having anew student in her classwho spoke onlyArabic.

“It just so happens thatthe Arabic books we haveon Kindle have the Arabiccharacters and theEnglishwords. The Kindle built abridge for this particularstudent because he canread in Arabic, but can’tread a word in English, “Glisan said. “He found anEnglish reader and theybegan to read the book to-gether, pointing out differ-ent words. It was fascinat-ing to watch them reading

together.”Fifth-grader Duncan

Crossley likes spend-ing time in the library. HeownsaKindle at homeandenjoys using the one in hisclassroom.

“I like looking for bookson Batman and Star Warsin the library,” Crossleysaid.

Stephens said havingbooksavailable indifferentlanguages is thebest of twoworlds.

“TheKindleshaveprov-en to be a great resourcethat allows students tonurture and develop theirmother-tongue languageswhile still perfecting theirEnglish,” he said. “As wework toward our authori-zation as an InternationalBaccalaureate WorldSchool, weneed todevelopinternationally mindedstudentswho have a broadworldview.Exposing themtodiverse texts allowsus todo just that.”

By Tom Behrens

Tom Behrens is a freelancer.

Andrea Chang, left, and Tyla-Simone Crayton check out books in Mandarin Chinese in the St. George PlaceElementary School library. To reach more students with reading material in multiple languages, St. GeorgePlace’s PTO donated funds to buy Kindles for each classroom and e-books in various languages.

Tom Behrens

With 36 languages spoken, teachers,parents, students rally to createinternational reading experience


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GOLD RIBBONELEMENTARYSCHOOLS

Top campuses with

high concentrations

of economically

disadvantaged students.

1. Houston Heights

Learning Academy, charter

2. Field Elementary,

Houston ISD

3. Park Place Elementary,

Houston ISD

4. De Chaumes

Elementary, Houston ISD

5. South Houston

Elementary, Pasadena ISD

ELEMENTARYSCHOOL STUDENTACHIEVEMENTLEADERS

Elementary schools with

the highest performance

on the student

achievement index that

didn’t rank in overall top

20

1. River Oaks Elementary,

Houston ISD

2. Bush Elementary,

Houston ISD

3. Roberts Elementary,

Houston ISD

4. Willow Creek

Elementary, Humble ISD

5. Bush Elementary,

Conroe ISD

6. Frostwood Elementary,

Spring Branch ISD

7. Fred and Pattie Shafer

Elementary, Katy ISD

8. Wilchester Elementary,

Spring Branch ISD

9. Settlers Way Elementary,

Fort Bend ISD

10. Griffin Elementary, Katy

ISD

ELEMENTARYSCHOOL CAMPUSPERFORMANCELEADERS

Elementary schools

with the highest

campus performance

indexes that didn’t rank

in the overall top 20.

This index takes the

number of economically

disadvantaged students

into account.

1. River Oaks Elementary,

Houston ISD

2. KIPP Shine Prep, charter

3. Houston Heights

Learning Academy, charter

4. KIPP Sharp College Prep

KIPP Inc., charter

5. Oak Forest Elementary,

Houston ISD

6. Bush Elementary,

Houston ISD

7. Roberts Elementary,

Houston ISD

8. Alief Montessori

Community School,

charter

9. Herod Elementary,

Houston ISD

10. Brookwood Elementary,

Clear Creek ISD

ELEMENTARYSCHOOL GROWTHLEADERS

Elementary schools with

the highest student growth

indexes that didn’t rank in

the overall top 20.

1. Horn Elementary, Alief

ISD

2. Giesinger Elementary,

Conroe ISD

3. Stan C. Stanley


4. Tom Wilson Elementary,

Katy ISD

5. Memorial Drive

Elementary, Spring Branch

ISD

6. C.W. Cline Elementary,

Friendswood ISD

7. Fred and Patti Shafer


8. Powell Elementary,

Conroe ISD

9. Brazos Bend Elementary,

Fort Bend ISD

10. Frostwood Elementary,

Spring Branch ISD

GOLD RIBBONMIDDLE SCHOOLS

Top campuses with

high concentrations

of economically

disadvantaged students.

1. Project Chrysalis Middle,

Houston ISD

2. Energized for Science

Technology, Houston ISD

3. KIPP Sharpstown

College Prep, charter

4. Stevenson Middle,

Houston ISD

5. YES Prep-Southwest

Campus, charter

MIDDLE SCHOOLSTUDENTACHIEVEMENTLEADERS

Middle schools with

the highest student

achievement indexes that

didn’t rank in overall top

20

1. Cornerstone Academy,

Spring Branch ISD

2. Hamilton Middle,

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

3. Spillane Middle,


4. Rogers Middle, Pearland

ISD

5. First Colony Middle, Fort

Bend ISD

6. Nortpointe Intermediate,

Tomball ISD

7. Friendswood Junior,

Friendswood ISD

8. Cinco Ranch Middle,

Katy ISD

9. Leon Sablatura Middle,

Pearland ISD

10. Harmony School of

Science, charter

MIDDLE SCHOOLCAMPUSPERFORMANCELEADERS

Middle schools with

the highest campus

performance indexes

that didn’t rank in

the overall top 20.



disadvantaged into

account.

1. Cornerstone Academy,

Spring Branch ISD

2. Project Chrysalis Middle,

Houston ISD

3. Briarmeadow Charter,

Houston ISD


Science, charter

5. YES Prep- West, charter

6. Stevenson Middle,

Houston ISD

7. Energized for Science

Technology, Houston ISD

8. KIPP Sharpstown

College Prep, charter

9. Miller Intermediate, Alief

ISD

10. Hamilton Middle

School, Cypress-Fairbanks

ISD

MIDDLE SCHOOLGROWTHLEADERS

Middle schools with the

highest student growth


the overall top 20.

1. Friendswood Junior High,

Friendswood Isd

2. Cox Intermediate,

Conroe ISD


Science, charter

4. Knox Junior High, Conroe

ISD

5. Macario Garcia Middle,

Fort Bend

6. Briarmeadows Charter,

Houston ISD

7. Miller Intermediate, Katy

ISD

8. Energized for Excellence

Middle, Katy ISD

9. Cinco Ranch Junior High,

Houston ISD

10. Hardin Junior High,

Katy ISD

GOLD RIBBONHIGH SCHOOLS

Top campuses with

high concentrations

of economically


1. Eastwood Academy,

Houston ISD

2. KIPP Houston High,

charter

3. East Early College High,

Houston ISD

4. YES Prep-North Central

Campus, charter

5. Law Enforcement-

Criminal Justice High,

Houston ISD

HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTACHIEVEMENTLEADERS

High schools with the

highest performance on

the student achievement

index that didn’t rank in

overall top 20

1. Friendswood High,

Friendswood ISD

2. Glenda Dawson High,

Pearland ISD

3. Kingwood Park High,

Humble ISD

4. Clear Springs High Clear

Creek ISD

5. Barbers Hill High,

Barbers Hill ISD

6. Memorial High, Spring

Branch ISD

7. Taylor High, Katy ISD

8. Quest Early College

High, Humble ISD

9. Stephen F. Austin High,

Fort Bend ISD

10. Cy-Fair High, Cypress-

Fairbanks ISD

HIGH SCHOOLCAMPUSPERFORMANCELEADERS

High schools with

the highest campus

performance indexes

that didn’t rank in

the overall top 20.




into account.

1. Houston Academy for

International Studies,

Houston ISD

2. Law Enforcement-

Criminal Justice High,

Houston ISD

3. YES Prep-North Central

Campus, charter

4. Carver High for Applied

Tech/Engineering, Aldine

ISD

5. Glenda Dawson High,

Pearland ISD

6. Lamar High, Houston

ISD


Fairbanks ISD

8. Pasadena Memorial

High, Pasadena ISD

HIGH SCHOOLGROWTHLEADERS

High schools with the

highest student growth


the overall top 20.

1. Klein High, Klein ISD

2. Bellaire High, Houston

ISD

3. Barbers Hill High,

Barbers Hill ISD


Fairbanks ISD


Fort Bend ISD

6. Clear Creek High, Clear

Creek ISD

7. Tomball High, Tomball

ISD

8. Stratford High, Spring

Branch ISD

9. Houston Academy for

International Studies,

Houston ISD

10. Jersey Village High,


TOP HIGHSCHOOLS FORMATH ANDSCIENCE

1. DeBakey High School

for Health Professions,

Houston ISD

2. Carnegie Vanguard High,

Houston ISD

3. Clements High, Fort

Bend ISD

4. Memorial High, Spring

Branch ISD

5. Cinco Ranch High, Katy

ISD

6. Clear Lake High, Clear

Creek ISD

7. Seven Lakes High, Katy

ISD

8. Bellaire High, Houston

ISD

9. College Park High,

Conroe ISD


Fort Bend ISD

GOLD RIBBONHIGH SCHOOLSFOR MATH ANDSCIENCE

1. YES Prep-North Central,

charter

2. East Early College High,

Houston ISD

3. Eastwood Academy,

Houston ISD

Area schools that earned top recognition

Music teacher Jan Harasim and a kindergarten class sing and use sign language to the song “What aWonderfulWorld” during musicclass at the T. H. Rogers School on Friday.

Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle

There’s much reading going on inside the reading room at theMcCullough Junior High School library in TheWoodlands.

David Hopper


SCHOOL REPORT CARD

DeBakey’s rigors earn school top ranking

DeBakey High Schoolstudents confess to count-less after-school tutorialsand late-night crammingsessions en route to theirfifth consecutive year win-ning the coveted title ofHouston’s tophigh school.

Accolades aside, stu-dents say the extra effort isworth it because they arebetter positioned for col-lege and future careers inthemedical field.

Some admit that doubtscrept in about midwaythrough their freshmanyear,when theywere piledunder more homeworkand harder tests than theyhad ever experienced.

“Therewere a lot of mo-ments when I thought,‘Did I make the right deci-sion?’ ” said Tristan Lim,17, who watched many ofhis friends take what Limconsiders an easier pathat Bellaire High School.“There definitely is a levelof stress.”

Any shred of doubt dis-appeared themoment Limreceived his acceptanceinto Princeton University,where he plans to studyengineering before apply-ing tomedical school.

Not to mention that healready has witnessedbrainsurgeryandanalyzedhis ownblood.

DeBakey ranked firstamong high schoolsagain this year in an an-nual report compiled bythe nonprofit Children atRisk based on test scores,graduation rates and otherfactors.

Between 1,200and1,400students typically applyeachyear toDeBakeyHighSchool for Health Profes-sions, which opened in the1970sasapartnershipwithBaylor College ofMedicine

and a vehicle to get moreminorities and low-incomestudents into medical ca-reers. Students are admit-ted if they earn at least 76points on a 100-point ma-

trix that includes grades,conduct, test scores and anessay.

Houston’s premiermagnet, named after re-nowned heart surgeon

Michael DeBakey, admitsabout 250 freshmen a yearand doesn’t fill seats whenstudents transfer out. Thisyear’s senior class willgraduate an estimated 171.

The campus has a 100percent graduation rateand perfect to near-perfectpassing rates on standard-ized tests. Ninety-eightpercent graduate “college-ready” in both readingand math, a state designa-tion that just 48 percent ofHouston ISD graduatesearn.

DeBakey students mustcomplete four years ofhealth sciences and theequivalent of five yearseach of math and science— taking two courses inone year.

By their junior and se-nior years, student makeregular visits to the TexasMedical Center, wherethey go on rotations in sev-eral different areas of spe-cialization. (That trip willget abit shorter in fall 2016,when the magnet will geta new, five-story buildingin the heart of the MedicalCenter.)

Teachers work hard tosupport students throughthe rigorous curriculumand the difficult transitionfrom middle school, Prin-

cipalAgnesPerry said.“We have tutorials

morning, noon and night,”she said.

Perrynoted that the stu-dents have become morecompetitive with one an-other in recent years.

Of the 860 or so stu-dents, about 10 percent arewhite, 20percent areblack,30 percent are Hispanicand 40 percent are Asian.Nearly half are consideredlow income.

MarlenGuerrero,18,willbe the first in her family tograduate from high schoolthis May. Her mother andfather, immigrants fromMexico, work as a house-keeper and mechanic, re-spectively.

“I’m living out theirhopes and dreams,” saidGuerrero, who received afull scholarship to ColbyCollege in Maine. “It is alot of pressure ... But everytimeIgetoffthebusandseethat I’mgoing toDeBakey, Iknow it’sworth it.”

By Jennifer Radcliffe

[email protected]

Students saytough workloadpays off when it’stime for college

College pennants line the hallway of the Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions. The school is consistently listed asHouston’s top high school as well as being recognized across the country.

Johnny Hanson photos / Houston Chronicle

A group of juniors takes a quiz at DeBakey High School. Students learn abouthealth sciences through classes and rotations in the Texas Medical Center.


SCHOOL REPORT CARD

Robotics amplifies engineering interestsAs top teams of youths

from throughout the na-tion tune up their robotsthis week for a worldchampionship showdownin Anaheim, Calif., Hous-ton’s own Discobots willbe there ready with theirstunt-performing cre-ations.

The VEX RoboticsWorld Championships,which continues throughthis weekend, includes thetop teams from more than400 tournaments held be-tween last JuneandMarch.Of the 600 entries fromTexas, 20 robots qualifiedto go—and threewere cre-ated by theDiscobots.

Most Discobot mem-bers come fromLamarandCarnegie Vanguard highschools; others commutelong distances to be part ofthe team, which includes70 youths, including somein elementary grades.

“If you don’t have a ro-botics program at yourschool, you’re welcome tocome here for a year, andthen go back and startyour own program,” saidAndrew Lynch, an adultmentor for the team.

The competition isbased on an engineeringchallenge presented to theteamsintheformofagame.This year’s event is called“Toss Up,” and winningrobotswill have toperformstunts that include pickingup various sized balls andtossing them into goals,climbing over bumps andhanging from walls. Stu-

dents fromDiscobots havebeen working year-roundusing the VEX RoboticsDesign System to buildrobots designed to scorethe most points possiblein qualification matches,elimination competitionsand skills challenges.

“It never gets any easi-er,” Lynch said.

Regardless ofwhat hap-pens at the championshipcompetition, it is quite anaccomplishment to makethe cut to compete, Lynchsaid.

Onestudentontheteam,home-schooled sopho-more Peter Dulworth, hasparticipated in four worldchampionships with thegroup and enjoys workingwith themembers.

“Everyone wants to bethere. It’s a good way tomake friends,” he said.

Also, he said, “I just likemaking things and solvingproblems.”

At the beginning of theschool year, students meettwo to three times a weekto work on designing andbuilding robots. As thecompetition nears, theDiscobots meet every day,often working long hoursto perfect their entries.

“The world champion-ship is at the endof the sea-son,” Lynch said. “And atthat event, they announcethe next design challenge.Then, we start the wholeprocess over again.”

“It’s a really good thingto try out to see if you areinterested in engineering,”Dulworth said. “It’s greatbecause you make a lot of

great connections. Andyou learn a lot of stuff thatwill help you in college.”

Lynch was invited tostart theteamin2007,whilehe was a graduate studentat Rice University. He hadbeen part of his roboticsteam inhigh school,whichinspired him to major inengineering at the Univer-sity of Texas and to pursuehis doctorate at Rice doing

robotic research.“I was thinking this

would take a couplemonths, and I would getthem on their feet,” Lynchsaid of the Discobots. “Itturned out they needed alotmore than that.”

Now, seven years later,his hobby has gone fromcreating his own robots tohelping students designtheirs.

“My passion right nowishelpingstudents,”Lynchsaid.

“Idon’t buildanything. Icoordinate student sched-ules and offer guidance.”

He and others havehelped the program grow,writing grant applicationsthatcouldprovidestudentswith thenecessary fundingto participate in competi-tions andpurchaseneeded

supplies.“Robotics gets kids in

the door,” he said. “Oncethey get in there, they canfocus on exploring theirpassions.”

To learn more, visitwww.vexrobotics.com.FormoreonDiscobots, visit la-mar.discobots.org.

By Lindsay Peyton

Lindsay Peyton is afreelance writer.

Andrew Nagal, left, makes a few last-minute adjustments to a robot before competing with the Lamar HighSchool team in the VEX RoboticsWorld Championships.

Tony Bullard

Parents’ push results in school garden

Earlier this spring, apatch of dirt in front ofFrostwood ElementarySchool was begging for at-tention, andagroupofpar-ents, teachers and pupilsanswered the call.

They set out with shov-els and plants to create anorganic, edible garden atthe Spring Branch schooldistrict campus, 12214 Me-morialDrive.

Now,flowersarebloom-ing and attracting butter-flies,andchildrenawait thearrival of their first crop ofvegetables.

The project was thebrainchild of the school’sHealthy Lifestyles Com-mittee, a group of parentsdedicated to promotinghealth and wellness oncampus. Members con-duct school-wide tastetests of fruits, vegetablesand healthy foods and or-ganize a fitnessweek.

The parent organiza-tion also sponsored theKid’s School Health Advi-sory Council, composedof fourth-and fifth-gradepupils.

After reading “Edible

Schoolyard: A UniversalIdea” by Alice Waters,Healthy Lifestyles Com-mittee chairwomanHeath-erRexrodewas inspired tocreate a garden at Frost-wood, where she has threechildren — Will, 12; Kate,10; and Brooks, 7. Anotherof her children, Grant, 16,attends Memorial HighSchool.

“By doing a garden,keeping it goingand lettingthe children have control,they’ll be more inclined toeatbetter and formhealthyhabits now,” she said. “It’simportant to start at the el-ementary level.”

But she had never gar-dened.

“I started and thought,‘This is crazy,’ ” she said.“But I’m very much an ad-vocate for anything relatedto health.”

Rexrode was willing togo the extra mile to con-vince the district aswell.

“We were building anew school at the time,”Rexrode said. “I sat in con-struction meetings a goodpart of last year.”

The district got behindthe idea and the SpringBranchEducationFounda-

tion awarded the campus agrant for the project.

Principal Ellen GreensaidRexrode’s effortswereinstrumental in makingthe gardenhappen.

“She kept pushing forthis, andnowit’s justbeau-tiful,”Green said.

Rexrode worked withlandscape architects andrepresentatives from thenonprofit Urban Harvestorganization to find a loca-tion with the right amountof sunlight.

The spot was identifiedas in front of the school, bythe library, andsixgardensbedswereconstructed, onefor eachgrade level.A largegarden of plants that at-tract butterflies was to beestablished in the middle,and fruit trees and a rain-collecting cistern wereplanned.

When the planting datecame in March beforespring break, “it was opento the entire school andparents,” Rexrode said.“We also planted over twodays, because everyonewanted to help.”

Members of the pupils’advisory council and theschool’s environmentalgroup, the Green Tigers,helped. Whole Foods gaveFrostwood a grant, used topurchase garden tools.

Rexrode said the gar-denwill be used to providepupils in kindergartenthrough fifth grade withopportunities for hands-on learning.

“We’re hoping to incor-porate this into the curric-ulumandutilize that spaceas an outdoor classroom,”Rexrode said. “There arelessons of all kinds to begleaned from the garden,science of course, but itplays into almost every

single subject.”Guest speakers such as

Bellaire beekeeper MarkAndersonwill address theyoung gardeners. Rexrodehopes to share the gardenwith Housman Elemen-tary School’s pupils.

“One of our hopes is tobring them over and sharesome of our harvest withthem,” she said.

By Lindsay Peyton

R. Clayton McKee / For the Chronicle

Parent Heather Rexrode, center, and FrostwoodElementary School pupils check for caterpillars onmilkweed plantings in the school’s garden.

Lindsay Peyton is afreelance writer.


SCHOOL REPORT CARD

Pupils at WunderlichIntermediate School inthe Klein school districtgot a surprise recentlywhen their gymwas trans-formed into a stage withperformers using hip-hopas a teaching tool for mathand science.

The science educationprogram known as ForcesinMotionLive! wascreatedby NASA and Honeywellusing live performances inmusic and dance, videosand pupils’ hands-on par-ticipation.

“This program helpsget these kids interested inthe concepts and careersin STEM areas, such asscience, technology andengineering, “ said MindyNelson, spokeswoman forHoneywell, a Fortune 500technology company.

Since Forces in MotionLive! was launched, thegroup has performed formore than 350,000 stu-dentsat 933middle schoolsthroughout the UnitedStates.

“This has been a fan-tastic partnership over thelast 10 years, “ saidKatrinaEmery, education officerforNASA’s JohnC.StennisSpace Center in HancockCounty, Miss.

About 500 Wunderlichsixth graders filed into thegym on March 3 and weremarveling at the stageand video screens whenthe lights went down anda grainy black and whitevideo projected onto thescreens on either side ofthe stage.

The videos were met

with a collective gasp thatchanged when the trio ofdancers popped onto thestage.

Eric Nathan, John “J.J.”JamesandCharmaineTatedanced, sang and involvedthe pupils and faculty inseveral skits andhands-onphysics lessons with theperformance “Isaac New-ton’sThreeLawsofMotionand the Universal Laws ofGravity.”

“We didn’t have thisgrowingup, “ said James.

James, who has per-formed with the group forthree years, said he lovesthathe isnotonlyperform-ing but teaching futuregenerations somethingvaluable.

“This is better thansomething you’re readingout of a book, “ he said.

“This is something thesekids can retain becausedance and music is some-thing they can relate to.In this generation it is allabout entertainment andthisbrings it right into theirgymand they can have funwith it.”

One of the first skits in-volved two pupils wearingstickysuitswhocatapultedthemselves off of a spring-board onto a sticky wall todemonstrate inertia, whileanother skit had two fac-ulty members wearing fatsuits demonstrating thelaws of mass, multipliedby acceleration.

The skits and lessonswere broken up with vid-eos depicting Isaac New-ton in interactive demon-strations involving the useof soccer balls, basketballsand of course, apples.

Tianna Cotton, 12, whowants to teach mathemat-ics when she grows up,provided a demonstrationof mass and accelerationas she attempted to propela soccerballnearly the sizeof a small compact carwinto a standard-sized soc-cer net.

“It was very heavy, “Cotton said.

One of the highlightsof the program involved

the Newtonator - a modi-fied dunking machine thatdumped a concoction con-taining applesauce whenthe targetwas hit.

The victim was scienceteacher Kristin Smith,who left the stage coveredin the mixture after sixth-grader Earl Texon, 12, hithis team’s target.

“Seeing Ms. Smith cov-ered in apple sauce; thatwas fun, “ saidTexon.

Whilemostof thepupilsenjoyed the entertainmentthe programprovided, ed-ucatorsandadministratorssawthevalueof somethinggreater.

Principal ChristopherRuggerio said the studentshadno idea theywere evengoing to see a program.

“They were unbeliev-ablyexcited.Thesekidsdidnot knowwhat to expect, “Ruggerio said.

“This really brought allthese ideas to life for themand with the STAAR test-ing coming up; to makelearning and educationthat exciting, it was thebest thing in the world forthese kids.”

To learnmoreabout thisprogram, go to fmalive.honeywell.com/.

School uses hip-hop to stem science gapBy Bryan Kirk

Kenneth Leal, 12, left, gets velcro-walled during a Newtonís Three Laws of Motion demonstrationpresented by John James, center, of Atlanta and the Forces in Motion Live cast atWunderlich IntermediateSchool in Klein.

Jerry Baker

Bryan Kirk is a freelancewriter.


SCHOOL RANKINGS

Children at Risk, a Houston-basednonprofit, has released its 2014 rank-ings of the area’s public schools, usingthe most recent data available from theTexas Education Agency.

The local ratings include 157 highschools, 363 middle schools and 814elementary schools in the eight-countygreater Houston region.

The group ordered the schools fromthe best to the worst and also awardedthem letter grades, fromA+ to F.

Overall, the rankings were based onthree indexes: student achievement,socioeconomic performance andgrowth.

The greatest weight was given tostudent achievement on state-mandatedexams in reading andmath.

The methodology changed signifi-cantly from last year,so comparisons are not advised.

THE RANKINGVARIABLESStudent achievement: The raw per-

centage of students scoring “advanced”on the State of Texas Assessments ofAcademic Readiness exams in readingandmath in 2013.

For high schools, Children at Riskalso calculated a graduation rate, whichgives them credit for freshmen whograduated within six years from anyTexas public school. Students whomayhave left for private school or moved outof the state or country count against theschool.

This index was weighted 60 percent.

Socioeconomic performance: Thisfactor takes into account that schoolswith larger concentrations of low-in-come students typically performworse.Schools were rated on their deviationfrom expected scores based on theirpercentage of low-income students.

This index counted 20 percent.

Student growth: This analyzesstudent performance on state exams inreading andmath from one year to thenext. Schools where students showedimprovement this year, compared withstudents who scored similarly the prioryear, ranked the highest.

This index counted 20 percent.

NOTESSchools were excluded for various

reasons, including missing data or a con-firmed state or district investigation.

North Forest ISD, listed separately,was taken over by Houston ISD thisschool year under orders from the Texaseducation commissioner.

KEYThe charts on the following pages

include some of the data used in therankings plus other information aboutthe schools.

Schools are listed by district, then by

their Children at Risk rank and lettergrade.

For each school, the student enroll-ment and the percentage of low-incomestudents are listed.

The reading andmath scores indicatethe percentage of students in all gradescombined scoring at the “advanced”level on the STAAR in 2013.

The high school list also includes thestudent graduation rate.

LETTER GRADESA: Campuses at or above the 75th

percentileB:At or above the 55th percentileC:At or above the 35th percentileD:At or above the 15th percentileF: Below the 15th percentile

Research by Children at Risk with sup-port from Education Resource Group, aprivate firm in TheWoodlands.

ABOUT THE RANKINGS

BRAZORIA COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade

enroll. inc. read. math rank% % % % % %

Alvin ISDMarek Elementary 897 14 39 41 70 ALaura Ingalls Wilder Elem. 830 17 31 32 146 A-Glenn York Elementary 712 32 28 32 168 A-Savannah Lakes Elementary 781 60 23 27 210 B+Mason Elementary 637 50 24 28 219 B+Passmore Elementary 693 64 21 28 225 B+Jeter Elementary 794 73 15 24 326 B-Walt Disney Elementary 494 61 18 18 354 B-Hood-Case Elementary 731 72 18 14 382 B-Longfellow Elementary 483 72 14 23 388 B-Alvin Elementary 551 60 15 18 469 CMark Twain Elementary 765 81 10 13 601 DAngleton ISDWestside Elementary 1,011 70 25 24 125 AFrontier Elementary 325 58 21 21 273 BSouthside Elementary 410 70 20 21 293 BCentral Elementary 585 77 20 12 419 C+Northside Elementary 462 54 14 18 459 CRancho Isabella Elementary 311 58 15 10 635 DBrazosport ISDBrannen Elementary 461 31 33 14 275 BBeutel Elementary 555 37 32 7 394 C+Roberts Elementary 588 54 23 11 424 C+Polk Elementary 465 59 23 11 476 CElisabet Ney Elementary 521 52 18 13 504 CGriffith Elementary 516 75 12 15 572 C-Fleming Elementary 360 93 11 4 698 DOgg Elementary 441 87 10 6 733 DJane Long Elementary 471 84 8 4 738 DAustin Elementary 289 65 11 4 759 DVelasco Elementary 623 89 6 2 805 FColumbia-Brazoria ISDWest Columbia Elementary 747 55 18 19 378 B-Wild Peach Elementary 360 65 15 11 453 CBarrow Elementary 605 60 15 10 591 DDamon ISDDamon Elementary 173 71 15 7 671 D

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Angel Torres, left, gets a high-five from Carlos Soto after completing their reading assignment at TerraceElementary School, 10400 Rothbury, in Houston.

Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

Elementary continues on Q11


SCHOOL RANKINGS

School Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Gradeenroll. inc. read. math rank

% % % % % % Danbury ISDDanbury Elementary 427 38 27 19 246 B+Pearland ISDSilvercrest Elementary 846 6 52 48 12 A+Silverlake Elementary 703 13 48 42 25 A+Shadycrest Elementary 572 16 46 37 41 A+Challenger Elementary 679 22 38 36 62 AMassey Ranch Elementary 719 24 37 35 74 ACockrell Elementary 814 40 35 35 83 ACarleston Elementary 779 47 30 31 135 A-Magnolia Elementary 785 37 31 32 155 A-Rustic Oak Elementary 566 21 31 25 188 A-Harris Elementary 672 32 28 26 234 B+Lawhon Elementary 680 54 24 23 256 B+Sweeny ISDSweeny Elementary 876 54 22 23 243 B+CHAMBERS COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Anahuac ISDAnahuac Elementary 571 60 12 8 712 DBarbers HIll ISDBarbers Hill Elementary 674 24 27 32 189 A-East Chambers ISDBarbers Hill Elementary 674 24 27 32 189 A-FORT BEND COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Fort Bend ISDColony Meadows Elem. 651 6 68 68 2 A+Commonwealth Elem. 815 2 60 60 5 A+Cornerstone Elementary 834 2 51 49 18 A+Walker Station Elem. 854 9 50 51 21 A+Settlers Way Elementary 767 16 47 49 23 A+Brazos Bend Elementary 629 15 47 41 34 A+Austin Parkway Elem. 770 10 46 42 35 A+Scanlan Oaks Elementary 976 3 48 41 38 A+Sienna Crossing Elem. 997 4 46 38 52 A+Rita Drabek Elementary 849 26 38 40 56 A+Barrington Place Elem. 791 30 35 32 91 ALexington Creek Elemen. 585 18 36 35 98 AJan Schiff Elementary 763 9 39 33 100 AMeadows Elementary 425 40 33 29 101 AColony Bend Elementary 463 19 35 31 129 A-Sugar Mill Elementary 691 29 35 28 134 A-Arizona Fleming Elem. 637 64 24 25 161 A-Lakeview Elementary 573 36 26 28 204 A-Oyster Creek Elementary 833 33 28 21 226 B+Townewest Elementary 787 77 20 21 235 B+Oakland Elementary 995 17 28 28 247 B+Juan Seguin Elementary 626 43 24 21 269 BPalmer Elementary 657 26 26 23 272 BHighlands Elementary 605 16 29 28 285 BHolley Elementary 706 64 20 19 296 BDulles Elementary 713 38 22 19 312 BPecan Grove Elementary 542 21 25 20 316 BMission Glen Elementary 559 63 18 20 327 B-Armstrong Elementary 763 86 16 17 335 B-Heritage Rose Elementary 482 74 16 16 379 B-Barbara Jordan Elementary 835 47 22 15 386 B-Quail Valley Elementary 675 40 23 17 390 B-Mission Bend Elementary 761 77 16 14 426 C+Burton Elementary 775 73 13 16 456 CLantern Lane Elementary 554 59 17 12 492 CMission West Elementary 737 73 15 11 503 CGlover Elementary 608 74 15 10 514 CBlue Ridge Elementary 657 85 10 13 549 C-Ridgemont Elementary 786 89 10 10 620 DRidgegate Elementary 803 91 9 11 649 DRosa Parks Elementary 593 73 12 8 664 DJones Elementary 766 83 9 8 686 DHunters Glen Elementary 539 81 10 8 695 DGoodman Elementary 588 64 10 9 700 DBriargate Elementary 577 81 9 9 708 DLamar CISDDickinson Elementary 565 7 43 38 63 AHubenak Elementary 801 29 34 43 78 ACampbell Elementary 751 4 40 37 85 AWilliams Elementary 713 35 34 34 88 AMcNeill Elementary 811 35 36 37 99 ARay Elementary 605 85 23 31 117 AAustin Elementary 552 26 31 35 144 A-Frost Elementary 726 13 30 35 194 A-Huggins Elementary 482 27 33 24 209 B+Velasquez Elementary 684 60 24 27 216 B+Hutchison Elementary 770 34 26 22 254 B+Long Elementary 584 84 19 12 325 B-Cora Thomas Elementary 794 60 19 17 399 C+Travis Elementary 658 85 13 18 418 C+Bowie Elementary 703 87 10 14 481 CSmith Elementary 547 85 12 12 523 CMeyer Elementary 628 83 8 13 616 DPink Elementary 631 95 8 10 656 DBeasley Elementary 431 86 11 3 701 DJackson Elementary 388 95 5 7 726 DNeedville ISDNeedville Elementary 1,062 45 20 12 468 CStafford MSDStafford Elementary 693 75 16 21 344 B-GALVESTON COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Clear Creek ISDBrookwood Elementary 675 28 46 42 42 A+Falcon Pass Elementary 607 37 41 33 58 A+North Pointe Elementary 766 28 39 33 68 ARobinson Elementary 520 27 41 31 69 AFerguson Elementary 759 15 38 28 118 AWard Elementary 620 27 35 26 130 A-Goforth Elementary 646 33 32 26 140 A-Bay Elementary 726 40 27 28 153 A-Gilmore Elementary 885 8 39 26 169 A-Bauerschlag Elementary 856 14 36 26 176 A-Parr Elementary 807 24 31 26 179 A-Stewart Elementary 666 60 27 20 183 A-Mossman Elementary 772 15 31 27 208 B+Clear Lake City Elementary 559 42 38 14 217 B+Armand Bayou Elementary 520 37 32 19 227 B+Weber Elementary 908 42 27 21 237 B+Walter Hall Elementary 676 18 34 19 241 B+Greene Elementary 757 42 29 18 244 B+Landolt Elementary 895 40 26 20 255 B+White Elementary 440 14 31 25 267 B+Hyde Elementary 589 24 25 25 279 BMcWhirter Elementary 758 76 21 17 317 BWedgewood Elementary 768 47 23 16 358 B-Ross Elementary 710 35 24 12 416 C+Whitcomb Elementary 765 51 19 13 467 CLeague City Elementary 565 64 16 11 595 DDickinson ISDBay Colony Elementary 807 51 28 29 124 ASan Leon Elementary 753 74 21 27 184 A-Dunbar Middle 723 56 18 20 383 B-Kenneth E. Little Elem. 665 82 14 14 507 CJake Silbernagel Elem. 753 79 12 17 512 CCalder Road Elementary 736 60 14 16 522 CHughes Road Elementary 633 71 15 12 559 C-Friendswood ISDWindsong Intermediate 512 8 43 44 55 A+Cline Elementary 861 5 38 30 133 A-Bales Intermediate 371 16 34 26 253 B+Westwood Elementary 605 18 41 12 257 B+Galveston ISDOppe Elementary 667 62 31 31 82 ACrenshaw Elementary 147 82 17 9 454 CKIPP Coastal Village 703 81 20 6 482 CParker Elementary 605 80 7 8 704 DMorgan Magnet School 659 91 5 5 763 FEarly Childhood University 340 94 5 2 784 FHitchcock ISDStewart Elementary 258 84 14 8 588 DHitchcock Primary 475 88 7 3 785 FLa Marque ISDWestlawn Elementary 285 84 11 7 676 D


% % % % % % Highlands Elementary 254 93 8 7 707 DInter-City Elementary 350 70 7 4 794 FSimms Elementary 304 90 3 2 811 FSanta Fe ISDKubacak Elementary 1,009 41 16 15 554 C-Texas City ISDHeights Elementary 678 87 14 26 329 B-Roosevelt-Wilson Elem. 620 67 17 16 421 C+Kohfeldt Elementary 522 82 11 16 460 CNorthside Elementary 573 57 14 9 645 DCharter schoolsMainland Preparatory 392 68 21 5 579 C-Ambassadors Preparatory 329 91 5 12 691 DOdyssey Academy 679 88 10 6 709 DPremier Learning Academy 362 73 5 1 810 FHARRIS COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Aldine ISDAnderson Academy 651 80 20 20 258 B+Sammons Elementary 785 84 14 19 323 B-Carmichael Elementary 960 84 18 17 343 B-Raymond Academy 999 86 17 14 368 B-Oleson Elementary 1,000 87 14 16 397 C+Stephens Elementary 931 87 12 18 433 C+Worsham Elementary 903 94 15 12 474 CJohnson Elementary 853 94 10 13 477 CKujawa Elementary 862 84 14 14 488 CBussey Elementary 1,030 96 12 8 499 CMagrill Elementary 1,030 80 14 11 521 CThompson Elementary 795 92 14 7 535 C-Black Elementary 825 91 11 12 558 C-Carter Academy 849 87 12 11 565 C-Goodman Elementary 820 86 8 12 625 DOdom Elementary 826 93 8 7 646 DOrange Grove Elementary 855 91 10 6 660 DJones Elementary 1,052 76 12 7 667 DSpence Elementary 1,071 85 10 10 672 DCalvert Elementary 940 94 10 5 684 DErmel Elementary 714 89 9 10 685 DBethune Academy 422 82 8 10 717 DConley Elementary 860 81 9 9 719 DCarroll Academy 1,038 92 8 6 734 DStovall Academy 640 88 7 7 751 DGray Elementary 922 87 9 5 752 DDunn Elementary 1,025 77 8 7 760 DMendel Elementary 360 88 6 7 767 FHarris Academy 586 93 7 3 773 FSmith Academy 563 86 7 5 779 FFrancis Elementary 752 87 4 5 797 FAlief ISDOutley Elementary 1,038 61 32 29 103 AMahanay Elementary 723 84 22 23 185 A-Liestman Elementary 878 81 21 18 264 B+Chancellor Elementary 778 80 20 22 265 B+Boone Elementary 847 85 18 20 277 BPetrosky Elementary 671 74 17 16 359 B-Alexander Elementary 820 85 18 13 384 B-Youens Elementary 1,060 86 15 14 415 C+Hicks Elementary 734 77 14 16 423 C+Rees Elementary 680 75 15 14 429 C+Heflin Elementary 752 82 16 11 455 CCollins Elementary 1,080 92 11 16 470 CSmith Elementary 768 81 13 12 527 C-Bush Elementary 954 94 10 12 569 C-Martin Elementary 931 85 9 17 577 C-Kennedy Elementary 841 85 13 10 578 C-Hearne Elementary 1,144 84 11 12 583 C-Holmquist Elementary 1,179 80 11 10 594 DHorn Elementary 1,006 91 8 8 597 DLandis Elementary 882 94 10 10 604 DCummings Elementary 586 81 10 10 661 DSneed Elementary 1,235 86 9 8 705 DChambers Elementary 690 92 5 8 762 FBest Elementary 873 93 4 2 808 FChannelview ISDHamblen Elementary 701 83 18 24 261 B+Crenshaw Elementary 552 90 15 18 395 C+De Zavala Elementary 604 92 11 14 515 CMcMullan Elementary 530 85 12 10 556 C-Brown Elementary 715 66 10 14 626 DSchochler Elementary 512 85 7 11 688 DCobb Elementary 450 83 7 9 737 DCrosby ISDNewport Elementary 696 54 18 12 489 CCrosby Elementary 219 47 19 8 531 C-Cy-Fair ISDSampson Elementary 1,183 2 53 56 14 A+Hamilton Elementary 947 7 46 49 37 A+Swenke Elementary 1,100 12 43 40 50 A+Keith Elementary 818 11 43 38 53 A+Warner Elementary 1,582 8 43 37 65 AGleason Elementary 898 45 36 31 92 AAult Elementary 877 21 37 34 97 ALee Elementary 909 62 28 29 114 ABirkes Elementary 1,289 26 32 32 121 AKirk Elementary 850 63 28 30 131 A-Yeager Elementary 1,028 55 33 26 137 A-Adam Elementary 934 49 30 28 138 A-Danish Elementary 1,107 71 24 26 152 A-Farney Elementary 1,117 24 31 29 154 A-Rennell Elementary 979 24 33 27 158 A-Moore Elementary 922 30 32 35 159 A-Fiest Elementary 1,108 48 27 24 162 A-Lamkin Elementary 981 49 29 25 163 A-Owens Elementary 999 64 27 22 170 A-Black Elementary 1,030 31 32 30 171 A-Matzke Elementary 969 52 25 27 177 A-Lowery Elementary 876 40 29 26 178 A-Copeland Elementary 1,031 27 32 30 195 A-Holmsley Elementary 915 60 26 23 211 B+Bang Elementary 1,031 60 28 20 212 B+Robison Elementary 966 20 29 30 221 B+Millsap Elementary 773 49 24 26 224 B+Postma Elementary 896 31 26 26 228 B+Wilson Elementary 1,058 53 26 23 231 B+Emmott Elementary 876 62 21 25 251 B+


% % % % % %Willbern Elementary 987 59 25 23 252 B+Post Elementary 1,019 67 24 20 263 B+Hairgrove Elementary 906 85 19 21 282 BSheridan Elementary 877 68 21 18 284 BMcFee Elementary 1,178 78 19 17 297 BTipps Elementary 1,305 80 19 18 303 BWalker Elementary 1,111 73 20 15 330 B-Andre Elementary 1,355 76 19 15 331 B-Emery Elementary 928 73 19 16 345 B-Reed Elementary 983 77 16 20 352 B-Frazier Elementary 1,089 80 17 15 355 B-Jowell Elementary 1,023 76 17 20 357 B-Hancock Elementary 1,072 60 20 15 373 B-Duryea Elementary 1,055 76 18 17 380 B-Horne Elementary 1,052 66 20 17 389 B-Lieder Elementary 1,006 82 14 19 404 C+Metcalf Elementary 1,000 85 14 14 428 C+Hemmenway Elementary 853 78 13 16 466 CRobinson Elementary 960 76 15 13 483 CHolbrook Elementary 1,192 90 11 13 560 C-Bane Elementary 943 93 8 14 600 DFrancone Elementary 1,083 85 12 10 640 DDeer Park ISDDeer Park Elementary 779 24 26 22 291 BFairmont Elementary 814 23 23 18 369 B-San Jacinto Elementary 895 41 23 16 417 C+Dabbs Elementary 756 55 17 15 498 CCarpenter Elementary 817 44 15 9 647 DDeepwater Elementary 736 83 7 7 745 DGalena Park ISDPyburn Elementary 657 87 18 21 270 BHavard Elementary 689 70 16 20 371 B-Cimarron Elementary 818 86 14 14 406 C+Purple Sage Elementary 594 89 12 18 410 C+Jacinto City Elementary 799 89 11 18 443 C+Tice Elementary 677 89 12 17 452 CNorth Shore Elementary 888 87 10 16 511 CGalena Park Elementary 677 90 9 17 519 CSam Houston Elementary 845 92 9 14 526 CWoodland Acres Elem. 422 86 10 16 528 C-Green Valley Elementary 697 91 8 12 562 C-Cloverleaf Elementary 828 95 6 17 581 C-Williamson Elementary 588 65 14 12 602 DMacArthur Elementary 729 90 7 15 609 DNormandy Crossing Elem. 655 84 12 11 619 DGoose Creek CISDPyburn Elementary 657 87 18 21 270 BHavard Elementary 689 70 16 20 371 B-Cimarron Elementary 818 86 14 14 406 C+Purple Sage Elementary 594 89 12 18 410 C+Jacinto City Elementary 799 89 11 18 443 C+Tice Elementary 677 89 12 17 452 CNorth Shore Elementary 888 87 10 16 511 CGalena Park Elementary 677 90 9 17 519 CSam Houston Elementary 845 92 9 14 526 CWoodland Acres Elem. 422 86 10 16 528 C-Green Valley Elementary 697 91 8 12 562 C-Cloverleaf Elementary 828 95 6 17 581 C-Williamson Elementary 588 65 14 12 602 DMacArthur Elementary 729 90 7 15 609 DNormandy Crossing Elem. 655 84 12 11 619 DHouston ISDT.H. Rogers 813 33 72 68 1 A+West University Elem. 1,210 2 72 58 4 A+Horn Elementary 765 12 55 55 8 A+Kolter Elementary 617 24 58 44 13 A+Twain Elementary 868 13 52 40 26 A+Herod Elementary 770 50 39 41 43 A+River Oaks Elementary 714 10 69 61 44 A+Condit Elementary 652 33 41 41 49 A+Oak Forest Elementary 781 39 46 48 61 A+Bush Elementary 727 15 55 50 64 ARoberts Elementary 740 12 55 48 67 ABriarmeadow Charter 595 68 36 27 76 ALovett Elementary 706 38 42 27 77 AParker Elementary 838 53 34 28 81 AHarvard Elementary 699 33 38 29 87 ASchool at St. George Place 762 54 30 32 106 APoe Elementary 753 41 35 27 123 ATravis Elementary 733 37 39 29 128 AField Elementary 463 92 23 21 150 A-Askew Elementary 886 67 36 26 151 A-Sinclair Elementary 513 68 22 26 156 A-Ray Daily Elementary 740 55 28 23 164 A-Carrillo Elementary 623 89 24 25 172 A-Cornelius Elementary 914 90 23 22 173 A-De Chaumes Elementary 791 97 18 24 186 A-Lantrip Elementary 715 87 24 17 190 A-White Elementary 824 91 20 26 191 A-Bell Elementary 779 85 25 20 198 A-Wharton K-8 Dual Lang. 436 65 26 18 200 A-Park Place Elementary 1,060 93 19 32 201 A-Lyons Elementary 995 92 18 21 230 B+De Zavala Elementary 588 93 20 23 233 B+Southmayd Elementary 739 92 15 20 259 B+Neff Elementary 709 91 17 22 260 B+Sutton Elementary 1,025 90 17 20 262 B+Windsor Village Elem. 744 88 20 17 266 B+Scarborough Elementary 737 95 14 23 271 BRice School 1,157 68 23 16 281 B

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Mitchell Intermediate School students Genna Childers, Alice Zhang and Sarah Kong explained their scienceproject to students and guests at an award ceremony at the school in 2013. The three girls were a team thatwon a regional science competition and are advancing to nationals.

David Hopper



SCHOOL RANKINGS


% % % % % % Burbank Elementary 891 93 16 17 294 BMoreno Elementary 814 95 19 19 295 BRoosevelt Elementary 708 88 19 16 298 BGallegos Elementary 524 96 16 29 299 BShadowbriar Elementary 365 75 19 17 300 BSmith Elementary 749 96 14 18 306 BBriargrove Elementary 896 29 30 17 308 BWalnut Bend Elementary 678 80 18 20 310 BPatterson Elementary 965 88 15 20 311 BBarrick Elementary 678 95 13 23 313 BJ.P. Henderson Elementary 787 92 16 16 314 BCage Elementary 597 90 17 18 319 B-Frost Elementary 576 97 16 15 324 B-Kennedy Elementary 761 95 20 15 334 B-Bonner Elementary 992 96 13 20 346 B-Davila Elementary 531 94 10 20 348 B-Crockett Elementary 500 84 15 17 351 B-Valley West Elementary 748 91 16 12 356 B-Red Elementary 595 69 20 17 361 B-Wilson Montessori 500 52 26 12 364 B-Seguin Elementary 612 96 17 13 375 B-Robinson Elementary 683 97 13 19 387 B-Hines-Caldwell Elementary 756 89 17 13 392 B-Janowski Elementary 651 97 17 10 393 C+Rodriguez Elementary 944 96 11 22 396 C+Oates Elementary 391 92 13 18 398 C+Energized For Excellence 1,867 93 14 19 402 C+Emerson Elementary 881 84 15 12 409 C+Gregg Elementary 541 98 17 12 412 C+Sanchez Elementary 592 93 12 17 426 C+Helms Elementary 532 73 18 12 434 C+Lockhart Elementary 685 87 17 11 435 C+Rucker Elementary 613 94 11 14 436 C+Osborne Elementary 400 95 19 9 438 C+Whittier Elementary 578 93 15 10 439 C+Memorial Elementary 389 86 16 11 441 C+J.R. Harris Elementary 697 94 16 13 442 C+R.P. Harris Elementary 642 97 14 12 446 CBenavidez Elementary 836 95 11 17 449 CPiney Point Elementary 1,140 91 14 14 451 CMacGregor Elementary 512 76 19 9 458 CPaige Elementary 376 98 10 17 461 CKetelsen Elementary 650 94 12 13 473 CBonham Elementary 953 98 9 14 478 CTijerina Elementary 501 97 10 13 486 CBrowning Elementary 634 93 13 14 487 CTexas Connections Acad. 3,013 47 23 9 491 CScroggins Elementary 597 94 10 14 494 CGarden Oaks Elementary 637 57 22 9 495 CMandarin Chinese Language 251 42 13 18 508 CWesley Elementary 448 98 13 9 510 CThe Rusk School 534 92 16 9 513 CPilgrim Academy 1,139 98 11 15 518 CElrod Elementary 624 97 9 13 519 CGarden Villas Elementary 865 89 17 9 524 CCunningham Elementary 707 97 10 13 530 C-Golfcrest Elementary 763 94 11 14 534 C-Briscoe Elementary 431 94 14 10 538 C-Hobby Elementary 829 97 13 10 561 C-Shearn Elementary 550 96 8 17 564 C-Sherman Elementary 555 97 11 10 566 C-Braeburn Elementary 916 99 8 16 573 C-Anderson Elementary 637 94 11 12 576 C-Montgomery Elementary 677 95 10 10 580 C-Love Elementary 503 91 12 10 589 DGross Elementary 660 89 10 10 590 DStevens Elementary 627 96 11 11 599 DCrespo Elementary 933 98 10 8 605 DHerrera Elementary 906 92 11 7 606 DLooscan Elementary 499 98 10 9 607 DDurham Elementary 517 75 13 12 613 DPort Houston Elementary 339 97 7 11 617 DMcNamara Elementary 788 98 11 10 627 D


% % % % % % Franklin Elementary 530 96 8 10 630 DFondren Elementary 433 94 8 11 638 DPeck Elementary 507 90 11 11 643 DR. Martinez Elementary 571 94 7 11 644 DDodson Elementary 487 93 9 11 648 DLongfellow Elementary 742 73 14 8 652 DTinsley Elementary 700 97 7 11 653 DLaw Elementary 710 89 11 7 655 DCoop Elementary 744 94 9 9 670 DCodwell Elementary 570 94 13 5 674 DPetersen Elementary 587 97 10 8 677 DNorthline Elementary 651 95 8 5 680 DWainwright Elementary 835 91 8 9 682 DBerry Elementary 734 96 9 8 687 DPleasantville Elementary 340 95 11 6 690 DC. Martinez Elementary 575 94 8 8 692 DBenbrook Elementary 523 97 7 6 693 DGregory-Lincoln 637 90 12 4 694 DBurnet Elementary 524 99 5 8 696 DDurkee Elementary 683 95 9 6 702 DEliot Elementary 571 96 6 9 703 DBruce Elementary 571 98 6 10 710 DGrissom Elementary 628 98 7 8 714 DReynolds Elementary 520 98 5 6 718 DBastian Elementary 732 96 9 6 723 DRoss Elementary 432 93 11 2 730 DAlmeda Elementary 761 92 7 7 732 DYoung Elementary 411 98 4 4 736 DBrookline Elementary 1,039 98 8 5 741 DFoster Elementary 425 98 9 3 743 DMilne Elementary 703 92 9 3 746 DDeAnda Elementary 685 93 9 5 748 DLewis Elementary 958 95 6 7 749 D


% % % % % % Pugh Elementary 442 97 9 4 750 DMitchell Elementary 481 96 6 5 758 DN.Q. Henderson Elementary 376 100 7 2 761 FFoerster Elementary 717 94 7 6 765 FCook Elementary 692 95 8 4 768 FBurrus Elementary 453 93 8 3 769 FThompson Elementary 617 92 6 2 770 FGarcia Elementary 771 91 6 6 775 FHighland Heights Elem. 628 95 5 6 776 FReagan K-8 Ed. Ctr 936 94 6 5 777 FMading Elementary 590 95 7 4 778 FBlackshear Elementary 378 98 5 5 781 FWhidby Elementary 481 91 5 5 783 FDogan Elementary 593 99 4 2 786 FWoodson School 798 91 5 4 791 FIsaacs Elementary 410 95 2 3 795 FKashmere Gardens Elem. 410 98 1 4 798 FYoung Scholars Acad. 223 85 7 3 799 FKelso Elementary 448 95 4 3 803 FHouston Gardens Elem. 432 98 3 3 804 FKandy Stripe Academy 403 84 7 1 806 FAlcott Elementary 425 94 3 3 809 FHuffman ISDHuffman Intermediate 516 38 15 12 592 DCopeland Elementary 485 41 14 8 711 DHumble ISDWillow Creek Elementary 541 1 52 46 30 A+Shadow Forest Elementary 561 5 46 38 46 A+Hidden Hollow Elementary 544 18 45 35 57 A+Greentree Elementary 728 11 36 38 95 ADeerwood Elementary 499 10 34 41 112 AEagle Springs Elementary 671 14 38 26 132 A-


Teacher Dee Dabiri kisses her student, Milagro Paz, 5, as the children waited to participate in kite day at theT. H. Rogers School on Friday.

Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle



SCHOOL RANKINGS


% % % % % % Atascocita Springs Elem. 781 16 31 35 142 A-Summerwood Elementary 616 17 34 28 145 A-Fall Creek Elementary 836 25 32 31 157 A-Lakeshore Elementary 807 10 35 29 165 A-Woodland Hills Elementary 542 31 30 23 205 B+Pineforest Elementary 670 21 27 23 249 B+Foster Elementary 613 40 28 22 286 BElm Grove Elementary 481 32 21 21 315 BOak Forest Elementary 693 44 19 21 337 B-Maplebrook Elementary 724 23 20 24 339 B-Timbers Elementary 750 36 19 22 374 B-Humble Elementary 542 77 15 18 381 B-Oaks Elementary 556 51 16 14 548 C-Jack Fields Elementary 562 85 11 12 585 C-Whispering Pines Elem. 733 50 12 15 631 DPark Lakes Elementary 952 68 9 13 689 DRiver Pines Elementary 716 76 7 9 739 DLakeland Elementary 742 87 8 7 757 DNorth Belt Elementary 631 87 4 5 787 FKaty ISDHolland Elementary 996 4 55 52 11 A+Alexander Elementary 1,112 4 52 47 15 A+Kilpatrick Elementary 1,050 4 52 52 19 A+Shafer Elementary 795 2 52 45 20 A+Stanley Elementary 1,232 6 50 45 22 A+Griffin Elementary 905 3 51 44 24 A+Wilson Elementary 863 3 50 44 27 A+Katy Elementary 549 19 48 41 32 A+Pattison Elementary 803 3 48 46 33 A+Williams Elementary 760 5 49 42 36 A+Fielder Elementary 1,047 16 40 38 51 A+Exley Elementary 976 14 42 37 54 A+Wolman Elementary 718 3 44 33 84 ASue Creech Elementary 814 11 40 32 89 ARylander Elementary 1,346 13 40 32 102 AHayes Elementary 698 21 35 30 107 ANottingham Country El. 586 14 35 31 122 AWoodcreek Elementary 1,198 9 39 29 127 ASchmalz Elementary 1,141 60 22 22 181 A-West Memorial Elementary 759 42 25 25 192 A-Wolfe Elementary 425 62 26 18 242 B+Winborn Elementary 775 41 28 16 309 BCimarron Elementary 653 31 25 19 322 B-Bear Creek Elementary 767 64 20 15 340 B-Golbow Elementary 753 52 20 18 342 B-Stephens Elementary 751 63 16 19 349 B-McRoberts Elementary 854 63 18 18 353 B-Rhoads Elementary 1,128 65 20 15 370 B-Robert King Elementary 1,119 50 19 14 445 C+Franz Elementary 956 65 19 11 447 CMemorial Parkway Elem. 797 45 22 12 463 CHutsell Elementary 798 72 17 8 501 CMayde Creek Elementary 754 58 18 11 539 C-Sundown Elementary 844 77 12 8 612 DMorton Ranch Elementary 718 63 12 11 658 DKlein ISDHassler Elementary 695 6 62 47 10 A+Benignus Elementary 932 16 42 36 59 A+Brill Elementary 738 35 37 33 72 AHaude Elementary 701 18 42 30 80 AKrahn Elementary 773 38 31 29 110 ABenfer Elementary 708 41 31 31 113 AKuehnle Elementary 640 18 34 34 116 ANorthampton Elementary 768 28 36 27 120 AMittelstadt Elementary 811 49 29 25 136 A-Frank Elementary 869 29 32 29 141 A-Mueller Elementary 720 36 33 27 147 A-Lemm Elementary 572 24 35 23 166 A-Blackshear Elementary 893 43 30 31 180 A-Schultz Elementary 811 40 31 22 182 A-Roth Elementary 695 42 26 24 193 A-Greenwood Forest Elem. 681 63 22 30 196 A-Metzler Elementary 950 34 26 29 222 B+Kohrville Elementary 979 38 28 23 229 B+Kreinhop Elementary 825 28 28 25 238 B+Klenk Elementary 786 68 19 25 239 B+Theiss Elementary 637 17 31 26 240 B+Zwink Elementary 815 49 24 18 290 BEhrhardt Elementary 673 43 21 19 385 B-McDougle Elementary 627 80 14 12 457 CEiland Elementary 560 89 9 14 567 C-Kaiser Elementary 786 91 7 12 641 DNitsch Elementary 730 85 8 9 715 DEpps Island Elementary 777 87 4 5 788 FLa Porte ISDLomax Elementary 519 36 28 29 174 A-Bayshore Elementary 577 71 18 29 215 B+Heritage Elementary 603 48 23 26 218 B+Jennie Reid Elementary 486 47 19 20 347 B-Leo Rizzuto Elementary 579 40 20 19 365 B-College Park Elementary 462 62 20 12 407 C+La Porte Elementary 499 79 18 11 475 CNorth Forest ISDLakewood Elementary 417 100 7 7 666 DFonwood Elementary 729 100 7 4 764 FShadydale Elementary 1,081 100 6 2 790 FHilliard Elementary 928 100 3 1 807 FPasadena ISDMeador Elementary 617 79 28 26 93 AFrazier Elementary 571 67 27 20 160 A-Atkinson Elementary 584 70 24 19 203 A-Turner Elementary 528 47 27 28 167 A-South Houston Elementary 629 93 18 21 206 B+Bailey Elementary 760 88 16 19 287 BPomeroy Elementary 906 95 12 19 328 B-Sparks Elementary 536 91 16 13 336 B-Matthys Elementary 713 87 14 14 338 B-Jensen Elementary 676 83 16 14 350 B-Morales Elementary 507 89 17 13 366 B-Genoa Elementary 812 84 13 14 422 C+Red Bluff Elementary 626 93 13 11 430 C+Bush Elementary 921 64 16 12 440 C+Richey Elementary 804 95 17 8 450 CMoore Elementary 552 59 18 14 464 CFreeman Elementary 463 91 14 9 465 CMcMasters Elementary 425 83 12 15 471 CWilliams Elementary 836 89 14 11 484 CMae Smythe Elementary 727 88 14 8 484 CFisher Elementary 819 85 12 10 496 CKruse Elementary 735 94 11 13 529 C-Smith Elementary 865 92 10 11 544 C-Stuchbery Elementary 740 73 14 9 571 C-Burnett Elementary 688 85 14 9 574 C-Golden Acres Elementary 490 83 13 11 584 C-Garfield Elementary 883 87 10 11 611 DSouth Belt Elementary 508 49 17 11 596 DSouth Shaver Elementary 641 94 9 9 657 DPearl Hall Elementary 801 92 11 6 624 DTeague Elementary 680 60 16 6 637 DYoung Elementary 767 91 8 6 636 DParks Elementary 496 95 11 4 669 DJessup Elementary 824 90 8 6 725 DGardens Elementary 639 92 4 3 792 FSheldon ISDCarroll Elementary 703 91 12 11 540 C-Royalwood Elementary 528 82 11 15 546 C-Sheldon Elementary 693 80 12 10 610 DGarrett Elementary 456 83 11 11 623 DMonahan Elementary 485 85 13 7 673 DSpring ISDNorthgate Elementary 748 48 19 27 276 BBurchett Elementary 657 67 17 18 362 B-Milton Cooper Elementary 808 80 13 16 420 C+Beneke Elementary 809 77 15 15 448 CHeritage Elementary 557 81 10 14 506 CSalyers Elementary 656 61 19 14 509 CJohn Winship Elementary 541 43 20 14 525 CReynolds Elementary 682 73 17 9 533 C-Meyer Elementary 752 77 14 13 537 C-Anderson Elementary 669 65 17 10 542 C-Thompson Elementary 723 73 14 13 545 C-Link Elementary 714 87 11 12 555 C-Smith Elementary 674 60 13 10 586 C-Marshall Elementary 671 66 13 10 615 DMcNabb Elementary 733 69 13 11 632 DRalph Eickenroht Elem. 584 88 7 10 706 DBooker Elementary 951 83 10 6 713 DHelen Major Elementary 655 84 9 5 716 D


% % % % % % Jenkins Elementary 756 70 9 9 720 DPonderosa Elementary 766 76 9 6 731 DHirsch Elementary 626 72 11 6 735 DHoyland Elementary 794 86 8 6 740 DDonna Lewis Elementary 684 87 8 4 756 DClark Intermediate 595 88 5 4 796 FBammel Elementary 790 79 5 5 801 FSpring Branch ISDFrostwood Elementary 692 4 47 57 28 A+Wilchester Elementary 728 5 49 46 29 A+Memorial Drive Elementary 423 7 48 39 39 A+Rummel Creek Elementary 693 4 41 34 96 ABunker Hill Elementary 679 8 40 34 105 AHunters Creek Elementary 665 13 40 29 126 AValley Oaks Elementary 630 28 30 22 250 B+Thornwood Elementary 476 83 14 19 367 B-Sherwood Elementary 444 72 17 14 408 C+Nottingham Elementary 642 46 23 16 431 C+Cedar Brook Elementary 877 77 15 14 432 C+Meadow Wood Elementary 474 37 19 14 493 CBuffalo Creek Elementary 648 91 12 10 541 C-Housman Elementary 588 85 13 8 593 DSpring Shadow Elementary 743 91 11 9 608 DWestwood Elementary 591 88 9 6 668 DTerrace Elementary 475 67 12 11 651 DWoodview Elementary 636 90 8 9 675 DRidgecrest Elementary 839 92 9 6 679 DEdgewood Elementary 813 88 6 6 721 DPine Shadows Elementary 826 81 8 8 728 DHollibrook Elementary 791 98 5 5 744 DTreasure Forest Elementary 634 90 5 5 755 DShadow Oaks Elementary 681 90 4 6 782 FSpring Branch Elementary 668 94 5 1 799 FTomball ISDCreekside Forest Elementary 715 3 62 65 3 A+Timber Creek Elementary 287 8 49 40 45 A+Willow Creek Elementary 825 15 39 37 75 ACanyon Pointe Elementary 754 22 34 33 104 ALakewood Elementary 758 17 36 34 111 ARosehill Elementary 567 48 28 28 119 ADecker Prairie Elementary 561 42 27 22 199 A-Tomball Elementary 737 57 16 11 563 C-Charter schoolsKIPP Sharp 816 91 34 33 47 A+Harmony Science 715 53 36 31 60 A+KIPP Shine 793 90 32 44 71 AHouston Heights Learning 128 99 26 39 78 AAlief Montessori Community 297 82 26 38 109 AHarmony Discovery 773 45 29 23 197 A-Harmony School of Excell. 920 26 45 37 90 AHarmony Innovation 594 67 24 20 213 B+Harmony Sci. Acad.-NW 706 44 27 15 305 BBeatrice Mayes Institute 450 77 19 15 307 BAccelerated Interdisciplinary 239 95 18 18 302 BStepping Stones Charter 290 92 17 15 283 BHouston Gateway Acad. 571 95 12 28 333 B-Houston Gate. Acad.-Elite 403 91 7 28 372 B-Medical Center Charter 348 81 20 12 377 B-KIPP East End 801 89 17 14 403 C+Amigos Por Vida 510 99 11 16 500 CKIPP Dream 802 92 10 19 505 CHouston Gate. Acad.-Coral 511 92 9 13 550 C-Harmony Ingenuity 653 73 13 6 663 DUniversity of Houston Ch. 133 41 29 10 401 C+Two Dimensions Preparatory 231 95 20 9 505 CHarmony Fine Arts Tech. 724 58 20 9 516 CAristoi Classical Academy 320 24 21 9 553 C-Raul Yzaguirre School 337 99 7 13 552 C-Southwest Sch.-Bissonnet 368 97 10 9 558 C-Bay Area Charter Elem. 255 31 20 8 557 C-Harmony Sci. Academy 362 87 12 10 570 C-Harmony Excell.- Endeavor 538 74 13 10 615 DKIPP Sunnyside 676 83 11 3 727 DThe Rhodes School 724 81 16 5 650 DTwo Dimensions/Vickery 235 100 8 5 742 DBaker-Ripley Charter 236 97 10 3 678 DAcademy of Accel. Learn. 742 95 8 7 724 DSER-Ninos Charter II 222 98 6 12 633 DZoe Learning Academy 303 93 3 9 754 DDraw Academy 298 100 11 4 662 DMeyerpark Elementary 151 81 15 6 618 DSER-Ninos Charter 572 96 10 10 622 DKIPP 3rd Ward 301 81 4 4 802 FRipley House Charter 335 91 9 4 771 FVictory Prep 314 82 2 2 813 FFallbrook College Prep .352 57 1 1 814 FNorthwest Preparatory 342 95 3 1 812 FTexas Serenity Academy 427 91 7 2 789 FGirls & Boys Prep Academy 453 96 6 5 780 FHarbach-Ripley Charter 119 89 7 2 793 FSouthwest Sch.-Mangum 247 92 7 5 766 FLIBERTY COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Cleveland ISDEastside Elementary 565 83 8 12 654 DNorthside Elementary 598 79 10 8 681 DDayton ISDBrown Elementary 755 66 13 20 480 CRichter Elementary 736 68 11 7 722 DDevers ISDDevers Elementary 135 37 28 15 360 B-Hardin ISDHardin Elementary 544 64 11 14 639 DHull-Daisetta ISDHull-Daisetta Elementary 247 77 10 3 753 DLiberty ISDHull-Daisetta Elementary 247 77 10 3 753 DTarkington ISDTarkington Primary 564 53 16 15 536 C-Tarkington Intermediate 284 50 15 11 582 C-MONTGOMERY COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Conroe ISD


% % % % % % Galatas Elementary 711 4 58 61 6 A+Tough Elementary 1,214 3 61 60 7 A+Deretchin Elementary 1,201 2 56 59 9 A+Buckalew Elementary 746 2 49 53 16 A+David Elementary 619 5 50 48 17 A+Powell Elementary 790 7 49 44 31 A+Ride Elementary 470 16 43 43 40 A+Giesinger Elementary 581 40 39 32 48 A+Bush Elementary 699 9 48 52 73 AWilkinson Elementary 590 39 32 34 86 AGlen Loch Elementary 613 38 31 31 115 AOak Ridge Elementary 491 41 29 26 139 A-Broadway Elementary 1,083 15 37 32 143 A-Reaves Elementary 825 71 24 28 148 A-Lamar Elementary 744 33 29 28 175 A-Rice Elementary 638 60 26 21 202 A-Hailey Elementary 710 41 27 24 207 B+Anderson Elementary 898 78 18 37 236 B+Kaufman Elementary 898 14 33 22 245 B+San Jacinto Elementary 552 69 24 22 248 B+Birnham Woods Elementary1,095 20 27 25 268 B+Houser Elementary 803 58 21 18 288 BFord Elementary 1,008 56 21 17 318 B-Runyan Elementary 617 79 16 15 411 C+Creighton Elementary 875 79 12 18 414 C+Armstrong Elementary 740 80 9 19 425 C+Houston Elementary 953 83 9 14 598 DAustin Elementary 887 72 12 12 629 DMilam Elementary 858 77 9 8 683 DMagnolia ISDBear Branch Elementary 664 16 37 34 108 ANichols Sawmill Elem. 660 31 33 28 149 A-Ellisor Elementary 710 18 29 19 301 BSmith Elementary 684 69 14 16 437 C+Magnolia Parkway Elem. 640 49 17 15 490 CLyon Elementary 840 62 13 15 543 C-Magnolia Elementary 699 61 15 11 603 DWilliams Elementary 683 77 12 12 634 DMontgomery ISDMadeley Ranch Elementary 581 16 31 29 187 A-Montgomery Intermediate 557 25 30 33 220 B+Lone Star Elementary 667 22 26 28 232 B+Montgomery Elementary 754 47 26 16 321 B-Stewart Creek Elementary 747 40 14 17 502 CNew Caney ISDNew Caney Elementary 600 79 21 22 223 B+Bens Branch Elementary 670 64 22 19 278 BKings Manor Elementary 688 32 26 19 292 BPorter Elementary 632 76 16 18 320 B-Valley Ranch Elementary 592 61 17 16 444 C+Oakley Elementary 723 76 13 13 532 C-Sorters Mill Elementary 592 62 15 14 547 C-Aikin Elementary 680 78 13 6 665 DCrippen Elementary 796 71 11 7 747 DSplendora ISDPiney Woods Elementary 547 49 19 16 391 B-Greenleaf Elementary 638 76 13 21 400 C+Peach Creek Elementary 788 74 9 7 729 DWillis ISDCannan Elementary 669 72 20 17 280 BMeador Elementary 751 61 21 16 363 B-Turner Elementary 542 44 17 15 517 CHardy Elementary 610 87 12 13 551 C-Parmley Elementary 693 70 15 11 575 C-WALLER COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Hempstead ISDHempstead Elementary 337 84 8 5 774 FRoyal ISDRoyal Elementary 783 86 10 9 697 DWaller ISDFields Store Elementary 621 57 29 29 94 AHolleman Elementary 708 66 21 28 214 B+Turlington Elementary 684 67 20 21 274 BRoberts Road Elementary 521 86 17 25 289 BJones Elementary 290 90 13 19 341 B-


MIDDLE SCHOOLS

BRAZORIA COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou Grade


Alvin ISDNolan Ryan 1,064 32 31 25 47 AManvel 828 53 14 10 213 CHarby 638 69 15 8 240 C-Alvin 759 53 14 8 248 C-Fairview 904 59 13 6 270 DAngleton ISDAngleton 1,439 59 17 11 180 B-Brazosport ISDRasco 807 37 27 15 91 A-Lake Jackson 908 34 24 13 117 B+Freeport 493 81 9 2 339 FLanier 500 88 7 2 349 FClute 907 70 10 3 326 FColumbia-Brazoria ISDWest Brazos 465 47 14 9 226 CDamon ISDDamon 173 71 15 7 244 C-Danbury ISDDanbury 114 27 15 19 141 BPearland ISDBerry Miller 851 14 51 32 16 A+Rogers 928 13 44 30 24 A+Sablatura 815 33 37 32 29 A+Pearland Jr. High West 726 36 34 18 60 AJamison 782 40 25 23 66 AAlexander 620 24 25 22 68 APearland Jr. High East 682 25 27 15 100 A-Pearland Jr. High South 829 37 28 11 120 B+Sweeny ISDSweeny 490 46 21 14 125 B+

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SCHOOL RANKINGS

CHAMBERS COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou Grade


Anahuac ISDAnahuac 297 54 17 10 182 C+Barbers Hill ISDBarbers Hill Intermediate 669 23 32 36 33 A+Barbers Hill Junior High 786 19 28 18 76 AEast Chambers ISDEast Chambers Int. 223 55 19 16 124 B+East Chambers JH 196 58 16 5 254 C-FORT BEND COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Fort Bend ISDFort Settlement 1,173 7 57 54 2 A+Sartartia 1,205 7 53 52 4 A+Quail Valley 1,021 25 54 52 3 A+First Colony 1,172 14 43 31 25 A+Garcia 1,283 38 34 28 36 A+Baines 1,470 29 26 23 58 ADulles 1,304 32 29 20 63 ABowie 843 19 28 19 69 ASugar Land 1,266 49 22 17 106 A-Crockett 798 56 23 15 111 B+Hodges Bend 1,182 72 15 11 191 C+Lake Olympia 1,132 53 12 6 275 DMissouri City 869 71 11 2 320 DMcAuliffe Middle 473 86 7 2 358 FLamar CISDWertheimer 538 35 44 37 20 A+Reading 1,615 27 35 24 41 ABriscoe 1,012 35 30 15 88 A-Wessendorff 457 67 19 15 135 BLamar 759 71 18 9 189 C+Navarro 456 84 13 10 232 CGeorge 975 82 15 5 266 DNeedvillle ISDNeedville Middle School 436 38 25 22 72 ANeedville Junior High 464 35 19 10 171 B-Stafford ISDStafford Intermediate 472 70 14 16 169 B-Stafford Middle School 528 65 13 8 249 C-GALVESTON COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Clear Creek ISDWestbrook 1,137 24 45 40 13 A+League City 733 14 45 35 19 A+Seabrook 1,039 19 35 32 31 A+Creekside 829 20 30 18 70 ABayside 685 25 26 20 78 AVictory Lakes 904 22 29 17 81 A-Clear Creek 805 41 26 18 87 A-Clear Lake 985 32 26 14 105 A-Space Center 1,145 29 32 26 44 ABrookside 802 37 25 13 114 B+Dickinson ISDDunbar 723 56 18 20 119 B+Barber 688 72 12 16 184 C+McAdams 1,443 62 13 9 230 CFriendswood iSDFriendswood 1,539 8 38 35 27 A+Galveston ISDAustin 506 48 31 24 48 ACrenshaw 147 82 17 9 192 C+KIPP Coastal Village 158 89 6 8 308 DScott Collegiate Academy 476 76 8 4 328 FCentral 307 83 8 3 340 FWeis 235 85 3 2 366 FHitchcock ISDCrosby 175 83 11 5 300 DSanta Fe ISDSanta Fe 1,103 38 14 9 222 CSanta Fe ISDFry 886 68 14 12 195 C+Blocker 914 70 13 4 299 DCharter schoolsMainland Preparatory 392 68 21 5 217 CAmbassadors Preparatory 329 91 5 12 268 DOdyssey Academy 679 88 10 6 296 DPremier Learning Academy 362 73 5 1 362 FHARRIS COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Aldine ISDHouston Academy 662 75 12 14 194 C+Marcella 787 94 8 20 199 C+Wilson 1,012 84 11 13 208 CParker 861 84 11 12 228 CShotwell 1,047 82 12 9 246 C-Escamilla 928 91 9 11 252 C-Drew Academy 647 74 15 5 264 DRayford 749 74 12 8 265 DStehlik 999 91 8 10 274 DHambrick 966 88 13 5 283 DGrantham Academy 990 86 11 7 284 DHill 738 87 8 8 285 DTeague 871 71 9 8 286 DReed Academy 992 89 9 8 288 DLewis 879 81 11 6 290 DEckert 852 90 6 8 301 DStovall 995 90 10 6 303 DPlummer 950 82 11 5 306 DAldine 789 89 9 5 315 DCaraway 813 90 6 6 321 DHoffman 722 84 6 3 348 FAlief ISDMiller 914 77 22 27 79 A-Budewig 1,218 83 20 20 104 A-Youngblood 1,147 82 18 23 107 A-Albright 1,236 76 22 12 133 BMata 824 86 13 14 182 C+Klentzman 945 91 12 14 197 C+Owens 1,024 91 12 14 198 C+Killough 945 84 16 9 207 CAlief 933 82 13 10 215 CHolub 892 83 17 7 224 CO’Donnell 1,232 82 15 8 229 COlle 1,039 90 11 7 281 DChannelview ISDJohnson 1,045 84 11 11 237 C-Aguirre 895 73 12 8 255 C-Crosby ISDDrew 732 52 18 14 149 BCrosby 778 42 17 14 155 BCy-Fair ISDHamilton 1,525 18 43 34 22 A+Spillane 1,269 13 39 34 23 A+Salyards 1,460 13 35 27 39 A+


% % % % % % Aragon 1,673 27 32 26 43 ASmith 1,694 33 31 25 45 AGoodson 1,151 24 29 22 55 ACook 1,578 50 25 21 77 AArnold 1,579 44 26 19 79 A-Labay 1,517 53 23 21 85 A-Bleyl 1,606 52 23 18 92 A-Truitt 1,505 65 19 18 113 B+Campbell 1,266 68 17 12 162 B-Kahla 1,417 75 17 12 164 B-Watkins 1,231 67 16 9 196 C+Thornton 1,292 73 15 9 204 C+Hopper 1,370 75 14 9 227 CDean 1,573 82 12 10 236 CDeer Park ISDFairmont 801 32 24 17 93 A-Deer Park 781 33 25 11 131 BBonnette 759 49 17 10 187 C+Deepwater 642 84 13 11 212 CGalena Park ISDCobb 6th Grade Campus 1,089 84 17 20 126 B+Woodland Acres 461 92 16 18 138 BNorth Shore 1,346 80 15 14 170 B-Galena Park 1,078 88 11 12 223 CCunningham 907 83 12 9 247 C-Goose Creek CISDHighlands 1,065 52 19 14 137 BBaytown 769 75 12 11 219 CCedar Bayou 1,009 61 16 13 165 B-Gentry 954 51 18 10 178 B-Horace Mann 935 81 9 5 315 DHouston ISDT.H. Rogers 813 33 72 68 1 A+Lanier 1,391 31 53 39 9 A+Pin Oak 1,195 32 52 40 11 A+Briarmeadow Charter 595 68 36 27 37 A+Project Chrysalis 211 91 36 21 49 AEnergized For STEM SW 259 85 27 17 82 A-Wharton K-8 Dual Lang. 436 65 26 18 86 A-Young Women’s Coll. Prep. 373 64 23 18 101 A-West Briar 1,257 49 25 15 102 A-Rice School 1,157 68 23 16 103 A-Young Men’s Coll.Prep. 257 77 20 19 108 A-Stevenson 1,419 93 18 23 109 B+Pershing 1,750 59 24 14 110 B+Wilson Montessori 500 52 26 12 122 B+Grady 527 56 23 12 128 B+Energized For Excellence 442 97 13 29 139 BJohnston 1,619 62 25 10 145 BBurbank 1,418 96 16 16 156 BHamilton 1,269 80 22 10 159 B-Texas Connections Acad. 3,013 47 23 9 160 B-Clifton 987 87 13 13 190 C+Pilgrim Academy 1,139 98 11 15 200 C+The Rusk School 534 92 16 9 205 CRevere 1,108 87 14 9 214 CHartman 1,448 94 9 13 235 CSharpstown Intern’l 1,008 94 11 10 243 C-Ortiz Middle 1,013 93 8 8 292 DKey 483 98 7 8 302 DGregory-Lincoln 637 90 12 4 307 DMarshall 951 93 8 6 310 DBlack 714 76 12 3 313 DJackson 1,014 95 7 6 314 DMcReynolds 651 93 7 6 318 DDowling 1,186 86 7 5 327 FWelch 926 83 9 2 332 FHogg 731 83 8 3 334 FReagan K-8 936 94 6 5 335 FCullen 493 94 7 4 336 FHenry 975 89 5 5 341 FLong 848 87 4 5 342 FHolland 695 90 8 3 343 FRyan 272 95 4 4 344 FEnergized For STEM SE 141 80 8 2 346 FEdison 720 96 7 3 347 FFondren 749 90 5 4 350 FYoung Scholars Acad. 223 85 7 3 351 FFleming 539 96 4 4 354 FWoodson 798 91 5 4 355 FFonville 1,097 93 6 3 356 FDeady 898 98 6 3 357 FWilliams 468 96 5 3 359 FThomas 531 93 4 3 360 FSugar Grove 714 95 5 1 364 FAttucks 445 91 4 2 365 FHuffman ISDHuffman 743 34 14 6 272 DHumble ISDRiverwood 1,147 5 39 27 32 A+Creekwood 1,009 11 34 22 50 AKingwood 1,015 27 28 20 62 ATimberwood 1,257 31 22 14 123 B+Woodcreek 1,108 33 23 12 132 BAtascocita 1,135 24 22 11 140 BSterling 852 78 10 6 297 DHumble 1,069 73 11 5 304 DKaty ISDBeckendorff 1,640 5 49 45 8 A+McMeans 1,151 11 48 45 9 A+


% % % % % %Beck 1,155 9 44 38 15 A+Seven Lakes 1,161 5 50 33 17 A+Cinco Ranch 1,174 14 43 30 28 A+Woodcreek 1,341 9 37 25 38 A+Memorial Parkway 894 27 31 17 71 AWest Memorial 766 41 24 10 143 BKaty 1,332 46 19 10 172 B-Mayde Creek 1,108 63 19 10 174 B-McDonald 912 63 15 9 210 CCardiff 985 65 16 7 231 CMorton Ranch 1,283 63 17 4 253 C-Klein ISDDoerre 1,216 15 45 35 18 A+Kleb 1,339 28 30 26 46 AStrack 1,165 29 28 20 64 AKrimmel 1,064 31 31 18 65 AHildebrandt 991 29 27 18 82 A-Schindewolf 1,331 32 27 16 90 A-Wunderlich 1,567 75 19 19 116 B+Ulrich 1,079 49 21 11 153 BKlein 1,202 86 9 9 273 DLa Porte ISDBaker 6th Grade Campus 625 51 21 23 89 A-Lomax 611 46 20 9 168 B-La Porte 536 50 19 7 202 C+North Forest ISDYES Prep - North Forest 592 100 8 8 291 DForest Brook 706 100 2 1 367 FElmore 408 100 2 1 368 FPasadena ISDMelillo 958 66 18 21 115 B+Lomax 976 67 18 18 127 B+Bondy 1,002 62 18 16 130 B+Morris 838 72 16 15 157 BBeverly Hills 1,021 70 17 13 158 BThompson 973 66 17 11 179 B-Milstead 966 87 12 15 186 C+Southmore 801 91 15 10 203 C+Schneider 880 91 10 14 211 CPark View 939 85 13 10 220 CSouth Houston 840 89 14 8 234 CKeller 638 90 8 11 256 C-Miller 771 88 13 7 259 C-De Zavala 726 92 10 9 267 DQueens 684 90 10 9 271 DSan Jacinto 619 87 10 7 287 DShaw 884 92 7 9 289 DJackson 758 93 11 6 294 DSheldon iSDNull 818 76 14 8 245 C-King 912 82 9 7 293 DSpring ISDTwin Creeks 949 54 15 9 206 CDueitt Middle 987 73 12 8 263 DRoberson 1,143 71 13 6 276 DBailey 1,200 76 11 7 280 DWells 1,270 84 8 5 319 DClaughton 1,217 83 8 4 331 F

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Rachael Becker, right, a senior at Richmond Foster High School, shows off her award-winning water colorand colored-pencil art, titled “Peek-a-Boot,” to classmate Emma Gaas and her mom, Carol, during the 2013Lamar Consolidated Student Art Exhibit at the Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex.

Jerry Baker


SCHOOL RANKINGS


% % % % % %Bammel 1,268 85 6 3 352 FSpring Branch ISDMemorial 1,367 5 47 47 11 A+Cornerstone Academy 383 40 40 38 21 A+Spring Branch 1,145 37 31 21 53 AWestchester Academy 957 58 25 26 60 ASpring Forest 874 56 20 13 136 BSpring Woods 865 89 8 6 309 DSpring Oaks 826 82 8 5 322 DNorthbrook 827 92 6 6 323 DLandrum 828 93 7 3 345 FTomball ISDNorthpointe 868 16 35 40 26 A+Willow Wood 940 18 33 31 35 A+Tomball Intermediate 703 40 25 33 52 ATomball Junior High 805 34 25 16 95 A-Charter schoolsHarmony Sch. of Excell. 920 26 45 37 14 A+Harmony Sci.-Sugar Land 781 48 34 37 30 A+Harmony Discovery 773 45 29 23 54 AYES Prep - West 556 78 24 29 57 AYES Prep - Southeast 900 58 23 25 74 AHarmony Innovation 594 67 24 20 84 A-Harmony Sci. Acad.- NW 706 44 27 15 97 A-KIPP Sharpstown 393 86 22 20 98 A-YES Prep - Southwest 808 85 16 23 121 B+YES Prep - North Central 931 83 17 22 118 B+Beatrice Mayes Institute 450 77 19 15 129 B+Houston Gateway Acad. 571 95 12 28 154 BKIPP Academy Middle 395 89 18 13 146 BKIPP Voyage Acad. for Girls 229 74 19 13 142 BStepping Stones Charter 290 92 17 15 148 BKIPP 3D Academy 399 92 17 18 134 BYES Prep-East End 883 78 14 19 150 BMedical Center Charter/SW 348 81 20 12 151 BYES Prep - Brays Oaks 541 76 16 12 173 B-Aristoi Classical Academy 320 24 21 9 166 B-Harmony Fine Arts Tech. 724 58 20 9 181 C+YES Prep-Gulfton 780 97 12 15 185 C+Amigos Por Vida 510 99 11 16 193 C+Houston Gate. Acad.-Elite 403 91 7 28 188 C+Harmony Excel.-Endeavor 538 74 13 10 224 CHarmony Sci. Academy 362 87 12 10 233 CSER-Ninos 160 94 10 14 221 CHouston Gate. Acad. - Coral 511 92 9 13 241 C-KIPP Polaris Acad. for Boys 204 82 13 7 258 C-YES Prep-Northside 256 92 6 6 317 DKIPP Intrepid 306 88 9 7 298 DKIPP Liberation 282 76 10 5 312 DKIPP Spirit 298 81 13 7 260 DYES Prep - Fifth Ward 279 91 8 11 262 DDraw Academy 298 100 11 4 311 DHarmony Ingenuity 653 73 13 6 279 DRaul Yzaguirre School 348 98 6 8 305 DWALIPP-TSU Prep. Acad. 229 64 6 4 337 FVictory Prep 314 82 2 2 361 FNorthwest Preparatory 342 95 3 1 369 FRipley House 137 88 7 5 325 FGirls & Boys Prep Acad. 160 94 6 5 330 FSouthwest 137 99 5 2 362 F

LIBERTY COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Cleveland ISDCleveland 532 78 8 3 332 FDayton ISDNottingham 403 64 14 10 209 CWilson 814 60 10 6 295 DHardin ISDHardin Intermediate 190 55 19 7 201 C+Hardin Junior High 179 58 14 10 215 CLiberty ISDLiberty 496 58 14 8 242 C-Tarkington ISDTarkington 434 47 15 5 261 DMONTGOMERY COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Conroe ISDMitchell 1,234 5 50 53 5 A+Collins 570 7 50 52 6 A+McCullough 2,261 4 50 44 7 A+Knox 1,254 19 38 26 34 A+Cox 860 22 31 29 40 AWilkerson 756 31 28 26 51 AVogel 1,070 37 27 22 59 ACryar 652 54 22 27 75 AYork 925 22 31 14 94 A-Irons 997 34 27 15 95 A-Bozman 672 69 16 16 144 BGrangerland 1,057 71 15 15 163 B-Peet 1,139 55 18 10 177 B-Travis 516 94 9 11 257 C-Moorhead 1,015 69 14 5 278 DWashington 588 89 8 5 324 DMagnolia ISDBear Branch 6th Grade 455 32 26 21 67 ABear Branch Junior High 923 29 26 20 73 AMagnolia 6th Grade 499 49 16 12 176 B-Magnolia 976 47 17 7 218 CMontgomery ISDMontgomery Middle 561 26 30 31 42 AMontgomery Intermediate 1,231 24 23 14 112 B+New Caney ISDNew Caney 6th Grade 867 66 14 16 167 B-Keefer Crossing 895 66 16 7 239 C-White Oak 826 59 13 8 250 C-Splendora ISDSplendora 541 60 14 5 277 DWillis ISDBrabham 770 48 18 10 175 B-Lucas 770 72 12 6 282 DCharter schoolTexas Serenity Academy 427 91 7 2 353 FWALLER COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Hou. Grade


Hempstead ISDHempstead 334 78 12 8 251 C-Royal ISDRoyal 447 82 6 5 329 FWaller ISDSchultz 667 60 22 10 152 BWaller 655 67 18 11 161 B-

BRAZORIA COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Grade

enroll. inc. read. math rate rank% % % % % % % %

Alvin ISDManvel 2,313 41 12 13 82 65 C+Alvin 2,400 49 8 10 79 93 C-Angleton ISDAngleton 1,763 45 10 10 89 61 B-Brazosport ISDBrazoswood 2,428 38 13 14 85 59 B-Brazosport 1,008 73 2 5 81 133 DColumbia Brazoria ISDColumbia 830 43 7 7 86 110 DDanbury ISDDanbury 237 16 6 11 94 77 CPearland ISDGlenda Dawson 2,146 25 18 24 91 22 A-Pearland 2,441 24 14 16 87 53 B-Sweeny ISDSweeny 550 43 10 14 89 55 B-CHAMBERS COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Grade


Anahuac ISDAnahuac 328 48 9 15 85 57 B-Barbers Hill ISDBarbers Hill 1,297 18 18 17 92 26 B+East Chambers ISDEast Chambers 384 43 6 11 90 66 C+FORT BEND COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Grade


Fort Bend ISDClements 2,588 7 32 42 93 10 AAustin 2,355 20 20 31 88 27 B+Dulles 2,154 22 16 29 88 33 BElkins 1,945 26 14 22 87 43 BTravis 2,345 30 14 20 88 46 B-Kempner 2,308 37 12 23 87 51 B-Hightower 2,271 48 12 14 86 58 B-Bush 2,116 56 9 13 77 83 CWillowridge 1,256 76 3 3 73 142 FMarshall 1,298 64 2 3 77 141 FLamar CISDFoster 1,936 32 14 16 89 34 BTerry 1,626 76 5 7 83 98 DLamar Consolidated 1,481 63 6 8 80 115 DNeedville ISDNeedville 807 34 7 11 91 78 CStafford MSDStafford 967 58 3 7 82 129 DGALVESTON COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou Grade

enroll. inc. read. math rate rank% % % % of 157 % % % % of 157

Clear Creek ISDClear Horizons 407 29 38 44 95 5 A+Clear Lake 2,402 17 30 34 90 14 A-

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SCHOOL RANKINGS

School Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Gradeenroll. inc. read. math rate rank

% % % % % % % % Clear Springs 2,334 16 20 24 89 25 B+Clear Brook 2,399 27 16 21 89 31 B+Clear Creek 2,056 25 16 21 86 35 BClear View 182 37 4 7 88 105 DDickinson ISDDickinson 2,427 54 9 13 82 76 CFriendswood ISDFriendswood 2,096 6 21 23 93 21 A-Galveston ISDBall 1,762 56 7 10 69 121 DHitchcock ISDHitchcock 278 74 1 3 73 149 FLa Marque ISDLa Marque 727 60 3 2 66 151 FSanta Fe ISDSanta Fe 1,402 23 6 5 85 128 DTexas City ISDTexas City 1,648 55 6 7 82 114 DHARRIS COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Grade


Aldine ISDCarver 875 71 6 13 94 45 B-MacArthur 2,581 86 5 9 75 111 DAldine 2,276 83 4 5 72 130 DNimitz 2,110 69 3 7 70 139 FEisenhower 2,213 71 2 7 69 140 FAlief ISDKerr 798 65 28 37 96 3 A+Taylor 2,826 74 8 8 76 94 C-Hastings 3,927 78 6 7 67 113 DElsik 4,010 77 5 6 68 120 DChannelview ISDChannelview 2,231 70 5 14 79 91 C-Crosby ISDCrosby 1,481 39 7 12 86 86 C-Cy-Fair ISDCypress Woods 3,079 19 23 26 90 19 A-Cy-Fair 3,439 27 20 29 87 29 B+Cypress Creek 3,298 42 16 17 84 49 B-Jersey Village 3,365 49 15 17 83 50 B-Langham Creek 3,113 43 15 19 82 54 B-Cypress Falls 3,550 46 11 20 83 63 C+Cypress Lakes 3,402 63 9 12 83 72 C+Cypress Springs 2,519 68 8 12 77 81 CCypress Ridge 2,967 61 8 14 77 84 C-Deer Park ISDDeer Park 3,962 42 11 14 86 67 C+Galena Park ISDNorth Shore 4,618 74 7 10 83 79 CGalena Park 1,931 83 4 9 86 80 CGoose Creek CISDSterling 2,315 54 10 14 81 82 CGoose Creek Memorial1,790 44 7 11 84 89 C-Lee 1,515 70 3 7 81 112 DHouston ISDDeBakey-Health Prof. 864 48 52 63 97 1 A+HS for Perf. & Vis. Arts 690 19 32 36 100 2 A+Carnegie Vanguard 590 25 54 65 95 4 A+Eastwood Academy 407 88 13 25 100 6 A

School Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Gradeenroll. inc. read. math rate rank

% % % % % % % % Challenge Early College458 62 23 27 95 7 AEast Early College 460 86 15 29 91 17 A-Law Enf. Crim. Just. 548 79 9 8 94 36 BLamar 3,253 47 15 24 86 41 BAcad. for Int’l Stud. 426 73 10 18 88 39 BBellaire 3,502 47 18 26 80 44 BWestside 2,721 49 12 16 79 70 C+Jordan 942 83 5 5 91 74 CReagan 2,130 74 7 10 79 90 C-Mount Carmel Acad. 336 64 1 4 87 107 DWaltrip 1,654 80 6 5 75 124 DAustin 1,780 85 2 7 71 125 DChavez 2,819 80 4 6 73 131 DDavis 1,580 96 4 4 72 132 DSharpstown 1,323 88 2 9 63 134 DWashington 822 84 3 6 70 135 DLee 1,409 70 2 7 47 137 DFurr 872 94 2 4 65 138 DScarborough 689 86 3 2 67 144 FMilby 2,012 80 2 3 72 146 FWestbury 2,087 77 2 2 64 147 FYates 969 77 2 2 68 148 FMadison 2,021 78 2 1 69 152 FJones 497 76 2 4 57 153 FWheatley 886 84 3 1 61 154 FSterling 932 79 1 2 67 155 FKashmere 493 81 1 3 59 156 FWorthing 717 77 1 1 71 157 FHuffman ISDHargrave 931 26 8 8 84 92 C-Humble ISDKingwood 2,551 6 27 25 91 16 A-Quest Early College 277 36 20 19 90 20 A-Kingwood Park 1,673 17 16 21 92 28 B+Atascocita 2,989 25 14 14 87 60 B-Humble 1,439 64 6 7 78 104 DKaty ISDCinco Ranch 3,102 10 24 31 92 13 A-Seven Lakes 3,941 7 27 34 90 15 A-Taylor 2,811 18 20 33 88 30 B+Katy 2,842 29 14 18 88 38 BMayde Creek 2,736 56 10 17 82 64 C+Morton Ranch 3,311 57 8 15 83 75 CKlein ISDKlein 3,518 23 19 24 87 32 BKlein Oak 3,696 24 16 23 85 47 B-Klein Collins 3,413 27 12 16 86 71 C+Klein Forest 3,419 70 6 9 75 108 DLa Porte ISDLa Porte 2,165 40 10 11 88 69 C+North Forest ISDNorth Forest 1,143 100 0 2 56 150 FPasadena ISDPasadena Memorial 2,801 61 10 16 85 56 B-Dobie 3,704 58 6 12 83 88 C-South Houston 2,500 82 4 9 77 101 DSam Rayburn 2,875 81 5 11 75 106 DPasadena 2,370 84 4 8 73 118 DSheldon ISDKing 1,782 72 4 8 79 116 DSpring ISDSpring 3,513 58 10 6 79 109 DWestfield 3,254 73 8 6 72 123 D

Dekaney 2,575 78 3 4 69 145 FSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Grade


Spring Branch ISDWestchester Academy 957 58 25 26 93 8 AMemorial 2,563 12 29 30 87 24 B+Stratford 2,091 29 21 24 85 37 BSpring Woods 2,112 73 7 10 74 103 DNorthbrook 2,145 84 3 6 69 136 DTomball ISDTomball 1,889 23 13 18 89 42 BCharter schoolsHarmony Sci. Acad. 632 66 16 14 100 9 AKIPP Houston 529 82 13 26 95 11 AYES Prep-SE 900 58 23 25 96 12 A-YES Prep-NC 931 83 17 22 79 52 B-Raul Yzaguirre 279 96 1 2 79 126 DLIBERTY COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou Grade


Cleveland ISDCleveland 824 69 3 4 70 143 FDayton ISDDayton 1,391 50 6 11 81 99 DHardin ISDHardin 363 40 9 7 80 100 DHull Daisetta ISDHull-Daisetta 191 58 4 10 90 73 C+Liberty ISDLiberty 564 46 5 12 79 97 DTarkington ISDTarkington 568 37 5 10 91 85 C-MONTGOMERY COUNTYSchool Stud. Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Grade


Conroe ISDThe Woodlands 4,137 4 23 31 91 18 A-College Park 2,630 13 28 26 88 23 B+Oak Ridge 3,235 25 13 17 83 62 B-Conroe 3,157 58 8 8 79 95 C-Caney Creek 1,784 60 6 5 80 122 DMagnolia ISDMagnolia 1,687 25 12 14 87 68 C+Magnolia West 1,755 39 7 8 85 96 C-Montgomery ISDMontgomery 2,075 21 15 21 88 40 BNew Caney ISDNew Caney 1,405 63 7 5 82 117 DSplendora ISDSplendora 974 55 7 6 86 87 C-Willis ISDWillis 1,726 52 3 9 82 119 DWALLER COUNTYSchool No. of Low Adv. Adv. Grad Hou. Grade

stud- inc. read. math rate rankents % % % % ents % % % %

Hempsted ISDHempstead 398 68 4 5 88 102 D

Royal ISDRoyal 483 80 3 6 80 127 D

Waller ISDWaller 1,559 57 10 13 88 48 B-

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