Chavez High School

Direction8501 Howard, Houston, TX, 77017

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Chavez High School is located at 8501 HOWARD, HOUSTON, TX, 77017. The school is part of HOUSTON ISD.

To contact the school, call (713) 495-6950.
Teachers
Chavez High School employs 117 teachers, who have been with the school an average of 8 years. The teachers average 11 years of experience in teaching. The school currently has 1,857 students with a student to teacher ratio of 15.90 S/T. The special education division has 6 teachers assisting it. Chavez High School also employs 6 education aids.

School Summary

Public School
Grade Span
09-12
Enrollment
1857
Is Charter
No
Address
8501 HOWARD, HOUSTON, TX, 77017
Principal
MS KAROL GALINDO
School District
Phone
(713) 495-6950
County
Harris County
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Accountability Ratings & Designations

of Chavez High School

Accountability Ratings

B
Good
Start FullStart FullStart FullStart FullStar Empty
TEA Ratings
Scaled Score
Student Achievement 74
Student Progress 82
Closing Performance Gaps 75
Overall 80

Distinction Designations

MedalMedalMedal
Read/ELA
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Post-Secondary
Comparative Academic Growth
Comparative Closing the Gaps

Chavez High School Student / Staff Statistics

Student Statistics

Racial/Ethnic Group
Racial/Ethnic Group Number Percent
African American 157 8.45%
Hispanic 1,628 87.67%
White 11 0.59%
Asian 51 2.75%
Native American 2 0.11%
Two or More Races 6 0.32%
Total Students 1,857 100.00%
Eco Disadvantaged 1,715 92.35%
Limited English Proficiency 843 45.40%
Program/Count/Percent
Program Count Percent
Bilingual 820 44.16%
Gifted & Talented 279 15.02%
Special Education 201 10.82%
Teacher Student Ratio 15.90 S/T

Staff Statistics

By Experience
By Experience Count Percent
Over 30 years 7 5.99%
20 - 30 years 16 14.03%
10 - 20 years 20 16.68%
6 - 10 years 23 19.59%
1- 5 years 29 24.81%
Beginning Teacher 22 18.82%
Teacher Experience Average 10.50 yrs
Teacher Tenure Average 7.90 yrs
Teacher Type Number Percent
Total Teachers 117 100%
Female Teachers 57 48.76 %
Male Teachers 60 51.24 %
School Admin 5
School Support 9
Edu Aids 6
Special Education 6

Chavez High School 2025 STAAR Statistics

STAAR Statistics
Group All Subjects Read/ELA Math Science Soc Studies
ALL 73% 58% 82% 86% 92%
African American 65% 50% 70% 72% 94%
Hispanic 74% 59% 82% 88% 92%
White 55% 57% *% *% *%
Asian 87% 68% 100% 90% 100%
Two or More Races *% *% % *% %
Economically Disadvantaged 73% 58% 81% 87% 92%
Male Students 71% 55% 80% 87% 93%
Female Students 76% 63% 84% 85% 91%
Special Education 59% 40% 66% 82% 86%
Limited English Proficiency 65% 47% 81% 85% 86%

Class of 2024 Graduates

Standardized Test

Class Graduate
Group %
Tested
SAT
Avg
ACT
Avg
Abv
Criteria
ALL 93.8 858 20.6 14.6
African American 92.6 825 * 8
Hispanic 93.2 850 19.6 13.2
White 100 890 n/a 16.7
Asian 100 1025 25.4 45.5
Two or More Races * * n/a *
Male Students 97.4 839 19.4 14.9
Female Students 90 881 22.4 14.4
Special Education n/a n/a n/a n/a
Eco Disadvantaged n/a n/a n/a n/a

Graduation

Class Graduate
Group Read
Ready
Math
Ready
Both
Ready
Graduated GED Cont. Dropout
ALL 50.5 53.7 45 85.6 0.4 1.6 12.4
African American 30.8 38.5 30.8 87.1 n/a 3.2 9.7
Hispanic 49.9 53 43.8 85.2 0.5 1.6 12.7
White 50 33.3 33.3 87.5 n/a n/a 12.5
Asian 85.7 90.5 85.7 90 n/a n/a 10
Two or More Races * * * n/a n/a n/a n/a
Male Students n/a n/a n/a 83.4 0.8 2.3 13.6
Female Students n/a n/a n/a 88.2 n/a 0.9 11
Special Education 18.4 31.6 18.4 77.3 n/a 4.5 18.2
Eco Disadvantaged 49.5 53.5 44.9 85.5 0.4 1.6 12.5