Foster High School

4400 FM 723, Richmond, TX 77406View on map

Public
Richmond
2,747 students

Year

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M

8.2%of trackable graduates

8.2% of the class of 2024's trackable graduates enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M the following fall.

Class of 2024: 514 of 567 graduates could be tracked

County median 7.3%

Shares are of trackable graduates: graduates the state could look up in its college records (those with a usable ID), whether or not they enrolled.

Where graduates enrolled

The class of 2024 in Texas colleges the following fall. Shares are of the 514 trackable graduates.

College	Students	Share
Wharton County Junior College Public 2-year	44	8.6%
Houston Community College Public 2-year	38	7.4%
Texas A&M Public 4-year	29	5.6%
University of Houston Public 4-year	26	5.1%
Texas State Public 4-year	23	4.5%
Sam Houston State University Public 4-year	18	3.5%
Blinn College Public 2-year	17	3.3%
UT Austin Public 4-year	13	2.5%
UT San Antonio Public 4-year	12	2.3%
Lone Star College Public 2-year	9	1.8%
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Public 4-year	7	1.4%
Texas State Technical College Public 2-year	7	1.4%
Texas Tech Public 4-year	6	1.2%
Prairie View A&M University Public 4-year	5	1.0%
Stephen F. Austin State Public 4-year	5	1.0%
Other 4-year colleges (22) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	43	8.4%
Other 2-year colleges (7) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	7	1.4%
Not trackable Graduates the state could not look up in its college records (no usable ID); not counted in the shares	53	—
Not found Not found in a Texas college that fall: for example, at a college outside Texas, or not enrolled	205	40%

College types (2-year, 4-year, public, private) are assigned by WhoGotIn from federal (IPEDS) and state (THECB) records; a few were classified by hand. See Methodology.

Academic context

From Texas's published school reports and federal school data; each figure shows its year. Ticks mark the county median.

Economically disadvantaged students
36%
2023–24 school year
County median 42%
STAAR English II: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
80%
2023–24 school year
County median 75%
STAAR Biology: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
78%
2023–24 school year
County median 75%
STAAR U.S. History: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
87%
2023–24 school year
County median 80%
SAT average (total)
1,043
Class of 2024 · 96% of graduates took it
County median 1,052
ACT average (composite)
22.5
Class of 2024 · 10% of graduates took it
County median 23.5

Advanced Placement

77%

of students who took an AP exam scored 3 or higher on at least one AP exam

281 students took at least one AP exam

2024–25 school year · Texas Education Agency

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M, by class

Earlier classes, with every college and its counts, are in the full report.

Where every school lands

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Across Texas