Heights High School

413 E 13th St, Houston, TX 77008View on map

Public
Houston
2,426 students

Year

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M

5.4%of trackable graduates

5.4% of the class of 2024's trackable graduates enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M the following fall.

Class of 2024: 598 of 663 graduates could be tracked

County median 0.0%

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 598 trackable graduates.

College	Students	Share
Houston Community College Public 2-year	89	15%
University of Houston Public 4-year	48	8.0%
University of Houston–Downtown Public 4-year	31	5.2%
UT Austin Public 4-year	21	3.5%
Texas State Public 4-year	13	2.2%
Texas A&M Public 4-year	11	1.8%
Prairie View A&M University Public 4-year	9	1.5%
San Jacinto College Public 2-year	9	1.5%
University of St. Thomas Private 4-year	7	1.2%
Texas Southern University Public 4-year	6	1.0%
UT San Antonio Public 4-year	5	0.8%
Other 4-year colleges (24) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	33	5.5%
Other 2-year colleges (15) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	26	4.4%
Not trackable Graduates the state could not look up in its college records (no usable ID); not counted in the shares	65	—
Not found Not found in a Texas college that fall: for example, at a college outside Texas, or not enrolled	290	48%

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
63%
2023–24 school year
County median 82%
STAAR English II: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
60%
2023–24 school year
County median 58%
STAAR Biology: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
64%
2023–24 school year
County median 52%
STAAR U.S. History: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
72%
2023–24 school year
County median 68%
SAT average (total)
972
Class of 2024 · 94% of graduates took it
County median 937
ACT average (composite)
24.2
Class of 2024 · 3% of graduates took it
County median 20.1

Advanced Placement

47%

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

543 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