Houston School Honor Roll
Houston-area schools serving low-income students well, 2012–2025
For more than two decades, CHILDREN AT RISK (C@R) has ranked Texas public schools to help families, educators, and community leaders understand school performance. This specialty release draws on that work to examine a subset of Houston-area campuses across multiple years.
The analysis counts years when a school met an academic performance standard while serving a student body that was at least 75% economically disadvantaged. Schools are ordered by their number of qualifying years, with average statewide percentile used to break ties.
This is a focused historical analysis, separate from the full annual rankings. For broader regional results, visit our 2024–2025 Houston School Rankings.
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Source: CHILDREN AT RISK Data Team, Houston-area schools serving low-income students well, 2012–2025. Ranks follow the source report.
How schools were selected
Campus eligibility and qualifying years
To be eligible, a campus must have been ranked in at least eight of 12 years and met the low-income threshold in at least 60% of its ranked years. A qualifying year requires both an economically disadvantaged student share of at least 75% and a grade of A− or better for elementary schools, or B− or better for middle and high schools.
Schools are ordered by their number of qualifying years, with average statewide percentile breaking ties. Statewide percentile is reported but is not a qualifying condition.
Why the number of years varies
The analysis spans the 2012–2025 rankings. The 2012 edition issued ranks but no letter grades, so no school can earn a qualifying year for 2012. The number of ranked and graded years varies by campus. Two middle-school entries were not in the 2025 rankings and are marked in the explorer.
School types and historical results
Early college, magnet, and charter status come from the 2024–25 campus file used for the 2025 rankings. Seven Houston campuses are both early college and magnet. These are historical results, not current-year ratings.
How this differs from annual Gold Ribbon recognition
The 2024–2025 Gold Ribbon lists recognize schools serving more than 75% economically disadvantaged students that earned an A or B. This specialty release instead counts qualifying years across the historical rankings, using the thresholds above. Its school order is separate from the annual Gold Ribbon list.
How the school-type views compare
The report keeps the qualifying test the same while changing which school types are included. Each specialized view includes neighborhood campuses alongside the named school type.
| Report view | Elementary | Middle | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| All school types included | 64 of 365 | 63 of 114 | 16 of 41 |
| Early college included | 45 of 306 | 30 of 64 | 7 of 22 |
| Magnet included | 57 of 344 | 44 of 92 | 8 of 29 |
| Charter included | 52 of 327 | 49 of 86 | 9 of 18 |
| Neighborhood campuses only | 45 of 306 | 30 of 64 | 3 of 12 |
The PDF publishes detailed school lists for the all-school-types and neighborhood-only views. The explorer reproduces those lists; it does not list every qualifying campus.
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