Houston High Schools Make The Grade

Where does Houston stack up in high school education? According to the education site Niche, pretty high!

Culture Map ran a new piece about where Houston, Dallas, Austin and the surrounding areas were ranked by Niche. 

Niche ranks public high schools based on factors such as state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality, and Niche user ratings.

You can see the full rankings on the link above, but if youre in the TL/DR crowd (no judgement), heres the top 10 list:

Behind the Dallas ISDs School for the Talented and Gifted in the public high school category for Texas are:

• Second-ranked Liberal Arts & Science Academy (Austin ISD).
• Third-ranked School of Science and Engineering (Dallas ISD).
• Fourth-ranked Westlake High School (Eanes ISD).
• Fifth-ranked Carnegie Vanguard High School (Houston ISD).
• Sixth-ranked DeBakey High School for Health Professions (Houston ISD).
• Seventh-ranked Carroll Senior High School (Carroll ISD).
• Eighth-ranked Westwood High School (Round Rock ISD).
• Ninth-ranked Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Houston ISD).
• 10th-ranked Vandegrift High School (Leander ISD).

Behind St. Mark’s School Texas in the private high school category for Texas are:

• Second-ranked St. John’s School in Houston.
• Third-ranked Greenhill School in Addison.
• Fourth-ranked The Hockaday School in Dallas.
• Fifth-ranked St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin.
• Sixth-ranked The John Cooper School in The Woodlands.
• Seventh-ranked The Awty International School in Houston.
• Eighth-ranked Keystone School in San Antonio.
• Ninth-ranked Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving.
• 10th-ranked The Kincaid School in Houston.

Congrats to these fine schools!