Northside High School

Summary:

Northside High School is a public magnet high school in Houston, Texas, serving 1,168 students in grades 9-12. The school has a diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 86% Hispanic and 13% African American. However, Northside High School faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 20% of Texas high schools over the past 10 years.

Northside High School's academic performance is significantly below the state and district averages across all subject areas, with proficiency rates on STAAR End-of-Course exams ranging from just 12% to 58%, compared to state averages of 45% to 71%. The school's graduation rates have fluctuated between 76% and 86% over the past 5 years, lagging behind the state and district averages. Additionally, Northside High School has a higher dropout rate, ranging from 3.4% to 4.3%, compared to the state and district.

Interestingly, Northside High School's performance is much lower than nearby magnet schools, such as Carnegie Vanguard High School and Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, which consistently rank in the top 5% and top 2% of Texas high schools, respectively. Northside High School also underperforms compared to other nearby high schools, such as Heights High School and Yes Prep - 5th Ward. To address these challenges, the school and Houston Independent School District should consider implementing targeted interventions, exploring strategies to increase graduation rates, and collaborating with high-performing schools to learn from their best practices.


Detail:

Public, Magnet 9-12

 1101 Quitman
       Houston, TX  77009-7815


(713) 226-4900

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1566th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,307 Help


Feeder schools for Northside High School:

Elementary:    Jefferson Elementary
    Ketelsen Elementary
    Looscan Elementary
    Martinez C Elementary
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Middle:    Marshall Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  15.0 Help
Number of students:  1,141

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
83.9%
African American:
14.4%
White:
1.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  92.5% Help


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Compare Details Northside High School ranks worse than 78.8% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks 28th among 45 ranked high schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.92. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Northside High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (83.9%), African American (14.4%), White (1.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 92.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Northside High School is 15, which is the 19th best among 45 high schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Northside High School is $10,307, which is the 17th highest among 45 high schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Northside High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Northside High School 1566th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Northside High School in the ranking list.)

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Houston Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Houston Independent School District (Isd) 572nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Northside High School

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Rank History for all students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 13.26 1323rd 1427 7.3%
2005 16.54 1293rd 1429 9.5%
2006 27.24 1202nd 1430 15.9%
2007 27.02 1256th 1497 16.1%
2008 32.30 1231st 1510 18.5%
2009 42.11 1140th 1539 25.9%
2010 34.94 1296th 1568 17.3%
2011 29.02 1454th 1672 13.0%
2012 28.64 1297th 1603 19.1%
2013 27.40 1327th 1652 19.7%
2014 33.26 1282nd 1734 26.1%
2015 22.24 1456th 1743 16.5%
2016 19.04 1515th 1762 14.0%
2017 16.62 1503rd 1777 15.4%
2018 18.33 1499th 1797 16.6%
2019 22.47 1493rd 1857 19.6%
2021 17.16 1569th 1861 15.7%
2022 20.10 1537th 1876 18.1%
2023 16.53 1654th 1961 15.7%
2024 22.92 1566th 1987 21.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.13 574th 582 1.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.31 712th 1113 36.0%
2019 24.41 931st 1136 18.0%
2021 26.06 942nd 1195 21.2%
2022 27.12 922nd 1278 27.9%
2023 21.23 1121st 1371 18.2%
2024 31.65 925th 1435 35.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.74 608th 1347 54.9%
2019 37.08 830th 1357 38.8%
2021 28.27 1080th 1382 21.9%
2022 32.10 990th 1418 30.2%
2023 28.79 1118th 1478 24.4%
2024 48.36 669th 1547 56.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.96 1490th 1794 16.9%
2019 28.64 1426th 1818 21.6%
2021 22.65 1498th 1848 18.9%
2022 25.02 1451st 1847 21.4%
2023 21.23 1555th 1897 18.0%
2024 24.73 1479th 1883 21.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.54 1559th 1781 12.5%
2019 19.10 1536th 1798 14.6%
2021 15.48 1567th 1815 13.7%
2022 17.64 1543rd 1841 16.2%
2023 13.10 1642nd 1891 13.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.43 1033rd 1137 9.1%
2019 26.53 1015th 1145 11.4%
2021 6.92 1125th 1177 4.4%
2022 5.66 1129th 1172 3.7%
2023 0.58 1169th 1182 1.1%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.76 1280th 1784 28.3%
2019 26.89 1457th 1810 19.5%
2021 19.16 1594th 1829 12.8%
2022 27.28 1382nd 1837 24.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.17 1562nd 1803 13.4%
2019 22.84 1470th 1824 19.4%
2021 17.15 1555th 1840 15.5%
2022 21.25 1481st 1853 20.1%
2023 18.15 1579th 1913 17.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.55 758th 1013 25.2%
2019 26.23 765th 1024 25.3%
2021 23.20 796th 1020 22.0%
2022 23.64 797th 1031 22.7%
2023 21.29 851st 1069 20.4%
2024 25.77 767th 1065 28.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.02 1402nd 1691 17.1%
2019 27.34 1344th 1714 21.6%
2021 21.94 1411th 1743 19.0%
2022 25.12 1364th 1762 22.6%
2023 20.63 1489th 1820 18.2%
2024 24.19 1399th 1804 22.5%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Northside High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 16.82 1333rd 1525 12.6%
2024 30.92 1127th 1556 27.6%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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by a citizen
Friday, June 11, 2010

Open Quote In the last ten years, Davis HS alumni have attended and graduated from a wide array of colleges and universities from around the country including Princeton, Cornell, the University of Virginia, Columbia University, Kalamazoo College, Beloit College, Drexell, Boston University, Rice University, Texas A & M, the University of Texas, and many others.

This is a testament to the effectiveness of the educational program at Davis, helping students, most who are first generation college students, successfully navigate their college experience.

As a community member who volunteers with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, I would simply like to attest to the fact that the school has a strong pre-AP and AP program and that I would send my own children to Davis HS> Close Quote



Enrollment information for Northside High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 27 351 31 992 n/a n/a n/a 0 1401
1989 25 325 33 1143 1 n/a n/a 0 1527
1990 22 243 29 1081 0 n/a n/a 0 1375
1991 29 197 29 1178 0 n/a n/a 0 1433
1992 18 205 25 1211 0 n/a n/a 0 1459
1993 28 205 38 1296 0 n/a n/a 0 1567
1994 23 217 32 1412 0 n/a n/a 0 1684
1995 32 208 17 1514 0 n/a n/a 0 1771
1996 32 208 17 1514 0 n/a n/a 0 1771
1997 32 180 12 1548 1 n/a n/a 0 1773
1998 34 174 10 1577 0 n/a n/a 0 1795
1999 36 169 8 1507 1 n/a n/a 0 1721
2000 30 149 6 1499 1 n/a n/a 0 1685
2001 43 183 6 1492 0 n/a n/a 0 1724
2002 29 164 5 1491 0 n/a n/a 0 1689
2003 29 164 5 1491 0 n/a n/a 0 1689
2004 19 177 4 1506 0 n/a n/a 0 1706
2005 25 183 2 1414 0 n/a n/a 0 1624
2006 24 188 2 1366 0 n/a n/a 0 1580
2007 28 198 4 1346 1 n/a n/a 0 1577
2008 20 179 2 1429 0 n/a n/a 0 1630
2009 17 170 3 1487 0 n/a n/a 0 1677
2010 12 170 3 1470 0 n/a n/a 0 1655
2011 23 172 1 1475 2 0 1 0 1674
2012 16 165 1 1418 3 0 0 0 1603
2013 13 158 1 1437 0 0 4 0 1613
2014 15 179 2 1452 1 0 1 0 1650
2015 18 204 3 1475 1 0 3 0 1704
2016 16 248 4 1460 4 0 1 0 1733
2017 15 212 3 1407 0 0 2 0 1639
2018 14 196 2 1333 1 0 4 0 1550
2019 12 220 3 1306 3 0 3 0 1547
2020 6 195 4 1266 4 0 5 0 1480
2021 10 212 0 1204 3 0 2 0 1431
2022 11 179 1 1127 1 0 4 0 1323
2023 10 149 1 1005 1 0 2 0 1168
2024 14 164 1 957 3 0 2 0 1141

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Northside High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1401 86.0 16.2 n/a
1989 1527 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1375 83.0 16.5 n/a
1991 1433 82.9 17.2 n/a
1992 1459 83.2 17.5 37
1993 1567 80.0 19.6 35.4
1994 1684 84.9 19.8 44
1995 1771 87.0 20.4 50.5
1996 1771 87.0 20.4 50.5
1997 1773 90.2 19.7 49.4
1998 1795 97.9 18.3 55.6
1999 1721 92.0 18.7 52
2000 1685 90.0 18.7 63.3
2001 1724 80.9 21.3 71
2002 1689 88.4 19.1 75
2003 1689 88.4 19.1 75
2004 1706 89.0 19.2 75.1
2005 1624 91.2 17.8 70.3
2006 1580 92.5 17.1 86.4
2007 1577 94.5 16.7 61.8
2008 1630 98.5 16.5 70.1
2009 1677 100.4 16.7 72.9
2010 1655 101.4 16.3 72.9
2011 1674 101.9 16.4 65.5
2012 1603 89.9 17.8 57.9
2013 1613 85.9 18.7 96.2
2014 1650 87.0 18.9 95.1
2015 1704 89.0 19.1 96.7
2016 1733 87.0 19.9 87
2017 1639 98.2 16.6 96.3
2018 1550 96.9 15.9 81.5
2019 1547 87.3 17.7 93.9
2020 1480 85.4 17.3 92.5
2021 1431 86.0 16.6 93.4
2022 1323 82.1 16.1 95
2023 1168 77.9 14.9 94
2024 1141 75.9 15.0 92.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Northside High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1401 86.0 16.2 n/a
1989 1527 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1375 83.0 16.5 n/a
1991 1433 82.9 17.2 n/a
1992 1459 83.2 17.5 37
1993 1567 80.0 19.6 35.4
1994 1684 84.9 19.8 44
1995 1771 87.0 20.4 50.5
1996 1771 87.0 20.4 50.5
1997 1773 90.2 19.7 49.4
1998 1795 97.9 18.3 55.6
1999 1721 92.0 18.7 52
2000 1685 90.0 18.7 63.3
2001 1724 80.9 21.3 71
2002 1689 88.4 19.1 75
2003 1689 88.4 19.1 75
2004 1706 89.0 19.2 75.1
2005 1624 91.2 17.8 70.3
2006 1580 92.5 17.1 86.4
2007 1577 94.5 16.7 61.8
2008 1630 98.5 16.5 70.1
2009 1677 100.4 16.7 72.9
2010 1655 101.4 16.3 72.9
2011 1674 101.9 16.4 65.5
2012 1603 89.9 17.8 57.9
2013 1613 85.9 18.7 96.2
2014 1650 87.0 18.9 95.1
2015 1704 89.0 19.1 96.7
2016 1733 87.0 19.9 87
2017 1639 98.2 16.6 96.3
2018 1550 96.9 15.9 81.5
2019 1547 87.3 17.7 93.9
2020 1480 85.4 17.3 92.5
2021 1431 86.0 16.6 93.4
2022 1323 82.1 16.1 95
2023 1168 77.9 14.9 94
2024 1141 75.9 15.0 92.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Northside High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,363 (15.3%) $7,521 (84.7%) $8,884
2020 $1,514 (15.0%) $8,609 (85.0%) $10,123
2021 $999 (9.7%) $9,308 (90.3%) $10,307

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Northside High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1493rd of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1654th of 1961 High schools
 3.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Northside High School)2912
 17%
   End of Course Algebra I (Houston Independent School District (Isd))5034
 16%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Northside High School)3835
 3%
   End of Course Biology (Houston Independent School District (Isd))5140
 11%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Northside High School)3330
 3%
   End of Course English I Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))3941
 2%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Northside High School)3231
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Houston Independent School District (Isd))4344
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Northside High School)5955
 4%
   End of Course U.S. History (Houston Independent School District (Isd))6863
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students15471168
 24.5%
African American220149
 32.3%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian31
 66.7%
Hispanic13061005
 23%
Pacific Islander00
White1210
 16.7%
Two or More Races32
 33.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients93.9%94%
 0.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Northside High School

Northside High School ranks in the bottom 21.2% of Texas high schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,141 students attended Northside High School.

Students at Northside High School are 84% Hispanic, 14% African American, 1% White.

Northside High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Jefferson Elementary
Elementary : Ketelsen Elementary
Elementary : Looscan Elementary
Elementary : Martinez C Elementary
Elementary : Roosevelt Elementary
Elementary : Ross Elementary
Elementary : Sherman Elementary
Middle : Marshall Middle


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