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Schools in Jacinto City · Galena Park Independent School District, Houston Independent School District

Jacinto City’s public schools score below 76% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

The grade covers the two public school districts serving Jacinto City, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

#527of 642 Texas townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
47%
▼ 4 pts vs TX 51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
▼ 4 pts vs TX 41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
83%
▼ 7 pts vs TX 90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.9K
▲ 9% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024 · Houston Independent
Students per teacher
16.0
TX 14.9 · larger classes
Schools in town
2
91,168 students on the public path
In brief

Jacinto City’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 47% of tested students were proficient in reading and 37% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

83% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

Galena Park Independent spends $13,712 per student and Houston Independent $13,950, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Jacinto City’s grade

C+ Test scoresD Graduation

C−: better than 24% of Texas school districts, #527 of 642 Texas towns. Both inputs trail the Texas average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 24%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (524)Better than 23%
C−CA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 115,118 test results and a graduating class of 13,637 could put Jacinto City anywhere from C− to C. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Jacinto City’s students in the tested grades sat them (114,432 in math, 115,805 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Jacinto City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to C+
6–856 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+
9–1243 high schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+

Jacinto City runs its own schools through grade 12 (Galena Park Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the Houston Independent School District, shared with Bellaire, Houston, Southside Place and West University Place. Its middle school is in Houston. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Jacinto City

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Galena Park Independent School District45%
State average 51.1% · 11632 students tested
Math · PK–12, Galena Park Independent School District43%
State average 40.9% · 11240 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Houston Independent School District47%
State average 51.1% · 104173 students tested
Math · PK–12, Houston Independent School District36%
State average 40.9% · 103192 students tested

Jacinto City vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Jacinto City’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Jacinto CityC−Galena Park Independent PK–12 · Houston Independent PK–12
Galena ParkC+Galena Park Independent

Every school in Jacinto City

96 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Jacinto Cityby address
Also serving Jacinto Cityin other towns
Pilgrim Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
C−
1,233 students18:1Rate it →
Mandarin Immersion Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
A+
822 students18:1Rate it →
Garden Oaks Montessori
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
B−
763 students17:1Rate it →
Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
B+
715 students17:1Rate it →
Ella J Baker Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
B
610 students17:1Rate it →
Arabic Immersion Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
A
609 students25:1Rate it →
Briarmeadow Charter
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
A−
591 students17:1Rate it →
Gregory-Lincoln Ed CTR
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Houston
C−
502 students13:1Rate it →
T H Rogers School
Grades K–12 · Houston
A+
1,079 students18:1Rate it →
Rice SCH /la Escuela Rice
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Houston
B−
1,043 students17:1Rate it →
Reagan K-8 Educational CTR
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Houston
D
682 students13:1Rate it →
Lanier Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
A+
1,485 students20:1Rate it →
Burbank Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B
1,412 students18:1Rate it →
Black Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B+
1,364 students20:1Rate it →
Sharpstown International School
High · Grades 6–12 · Houston
B
1,352 students19:1Rate it →
Pin Oak Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bellaire
A
1,253 students19:1Rate it →
Meyerland Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
C
1,166 students16:1Rate it →
Hogg Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B+
1,161 students18:1Rate it →
Pershing Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B+
1,141 students16:1Rate it →
Stevenson Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
C
1,096 students18:1Rate it →
Revere Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
1,095 students17:1Rate it →
Lawson Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
C−
1,069 students15:1Rate it →
West Briar Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B
994 students17:1Rate it →
Hamilton Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B−
911 students17:1Rate it →
Galena Park Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Galena Park
C+
896 students15:1Rate it →
Tanglewood Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B−
836 students17:1Rate it →
Sugar Grove Academy
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
777 students16:1Rate it →
Ortiz Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
C−
772 students16:1Rate it →
Fondren Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
713 students15:1Rate it →
Long Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Houston
D
680 students14:1Rate it →
Hartman Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
645 students15:1Rate it →
Fonville Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
583 students14:1Rate it →
Woodland Acres Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B−
570 students14:1Rate it →
Welch Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
547 students14:1Rate it →
Forest Brook Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
546 students13:1Rate it →
Henry Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
523 students13:1Rate it →
Key Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
516 students13:1Rate it →
Young Women's College Prep Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Houston
A−
494 students18:1Rate it →
Holland Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
476 students14:1Rate it →
Marshall Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
456 students14:1Rate it →
Deady Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
413 students11:1Rate it →
Navarro Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
400 students13:1Rate it →
Attucks Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
392 students13:1Rate it →
Thomas Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
391 students12:1Rate it →
Edison Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
388 students12:1Rate it →
Clifton Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D
363 students14:1Rate it →
Williams Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
352 students12:1Rate it →
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B
325 students13:1Rate it →
Fleming Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
319 students14:1Rate it →
Cullen Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
310 students11:1Rate it →
Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
B
306 students12:1Rate it →
McReynolds Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
D−
297 students12:1Rate it →
Mickey Leland College Prep Acad for Young Men
High · Grades 6–12 · Houston
C
251 students12:1Rate it →
Project Chrysalis Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Houston
A−
241 students10:1Rate it →
North Shore Middle
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Houston
B−
1,299 students16:1Rate it →
Cunningham Middle
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Houston
C+
802 students13:1Rate it →
North Shore Senior High
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
B
4,284 students16:1Rate it →
Bellaire H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Bellaire
A−
3,216 students19:1Rate it →
Lamar H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A−
2,968 students20:1Rate it →
Westside H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
B+
2,729 students19:1Rate it →
Heights H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
B
2,426 students20:1Rate it →
Houston Math Science and Technology Center
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
2,396 students15:1Rate it →
Milby H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C+
2,126 students19:1Rate it →
Westbury H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C
1,991 students15:1Rate it →
Wisdom H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
1,965 students14:1Rate it →
Chavez H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C
1,857 students16:1Rate it →
Galena Park H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Galena Park
B−
1,815 students15:1Rate it →
Sharpstown H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
1,689 students16:1Rate it →
Waltrip H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C−
1,615 students17:1Rate it →
Madison H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D−
1,588 students13:1Rate it →
Austin H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D−
1,181 students14:1Rate it →
Sterling H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C−
1,146 students13:1Rate it →
Northside H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C−
1,058 students14:1Rate it →
Debakey H S for Health Prof
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A+
929 students17:1Rate it →
Furr H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
914 students13:1Rate it →
North Forest H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
905 students12:1Rate it →
Carnegie Vanguard H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A+
855 students23:1Rate it →
Washington B T H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C
811 students11:1Rate it →
Kinder H S for Performing and Visual Arts
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A+
782 students16:1Rate it →
Worthing H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
C−
751 students10:1Rate it →
Scarborough H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
691 students11:1Rate it →
Yates H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
685 students11:1Rate it →
Energy Institute H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A
663 students17:1Rate it →
Kashmere H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
655 students11:1Rate it →
Wheatley H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
D
537 students9:1Rate it →
North Houston Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A
489 students21:1Rate it →
Galena Park Isd Career & Technical Echs
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A
487 students30:1Rate it →
Challenge Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A
485 students19:1Rate it →
Houston Academy for International Studies
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A+
473 students23:1Rate it →
East Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A+
458 students20:1Rate it →
South Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A−
452 students20:1Rate it →
H S for Law and Justice
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A
391 students16:1Rate it →
Eastwood Academy
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
A
365 students17:1Rate it →
Jones Futures Academy
High · Grades 9–12 · Houston
B
298 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Jacinto City’s schools

Are Jacinto City’s schools good?

On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Jacinto City children attend score below 76% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade, #527 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 23%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Jacinto City in?

Two districts: Galena Park Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and Houston Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with Bellaire, Houston, Southside Place and West University Place.

Where do Jacinto City kids go to high school?

One of 43 high schools, depending on your address: North Shore Senior High, Bellaire H S, Lamar H S, Westside H S, Heights H S, Houston Math Science and Technology Center, Milby H S, Westbury H S, Wisdom H S, Chavez H S, Galena Park H S, Sharpstown H S, Waltrip H S, Madison H S, Sharpstown International School, Austin H S, Sterling H S, T H Rogers School, Northside H S, Debakey H S for Health Prof, Furr H S, North Forest H S, Carnegie Vanguard H S, Washington B T H S, Kinder H S for Performing and Visual Arts, Worthing H S, Scarborough H S, Yates H S, Long Academy, Energy Institute H S, Kashmere H S, Wheatley H S, Young Women's College Prep Academy, North Houston Early College H S, Galena Park Isd Career & Technical Echs, Challenge Early College H S, Houston Academy for International Studies, East Early College H S, South Early College H S, H S for Law and Justice, Eastwood Academy, Jones Futures Academy and Mickey Leland College Prep Acad for Young Men.

What is Jacinto City’s graduation rate?

83% of the class of 2023 in Houston Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.

How much does Jacinto City spend per student?

$13,712 in Galena Park Independent School District and $13,950 in Houston Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.