MacArthur High School

4400 Aldine Mail Rt, Houston, TX 77039View on map

Public
Houston
3,501 students

Year

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M

1.2%of trackable graduates

1.2% of the class of 2024's trackable graduates enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M the following fall.

Class of 2024: 695 of 769 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 695 trackable graduates.

College	Students	Share
Lone Star College Public 2-year	68	9.8%
Sam Houston State University Public 4-year	16	2.3%
University of Houston Public 4-year	14	2.0%
Texas State Public 4-year	11	1.6%
UT Austin Public 4-year	8	1.2%
Blinn College Public 2-year	6	0.9%
University of Houston–Downtown Public 4-year	6	0.9%
Houston Community College Public 2-year	5	0.7%
Other 4-year colleges (15) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	26	3.7%
Other 2-year colleges (6) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	10	1.4%
Not trackable Graduates the state could not look up in its college records (no usable ID); not counted in the shares	74	—
Not found Not found in a Texas college that fall: for example, at a college outside Texas, or not enrolled	525	76%

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
92%
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
39%
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
30%
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
48%
2023–24 school year
County median 68%
SAT average (total)
828
Class of 2024 · 83% of graduates took it
County median 937
ACT average (composite)
20.9
Class of 2024 · 2% of graduates took it
County median 20.1

Advanced Placement

42%

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

328 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