Summary:
The Great Hearts Texas district includes two high schools serving grades 6 through 12 in the Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio areas, offering a classical education model with strong academic outcomes overall.
Great Hearts Irving Upper stands out as the top performer in the district, ranking in the 86th percentile statewide with a 4-star rating for three consecutive years. This school of 937 students achieves exceptional results, including a 95.1% graduation rate and over 85% proficiency in English I and II Reading. Remarkably, it accomplishes this while spending $8,481 per student—$2,399 less than its sister school—and maintaining a slightly higher student-teacher ratio of 15.6 to 1. In contrast, Great Hearts Monte Vista North has seen a downward trend, dropping from the 82nd to the 66th percentile over three years and earning a 3-star rating. Its 476-student campus has a 92.1% graduation rate and a notably low 0.3% dropout rate, despite serving a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students (26.26% free/reduced lunch).
Both schools excel in English and Language Arts, with proficiency rates roughly 30-35 points above state averages. However, a critical concern at Monte Vista North is a persistent 0% proficiency rate in 8th-grade math for two consecutive years, likely due to advanced students taking Algebra I early. This highlights a need for targeted math support. Overall, Irving Upper demonstrates remarkable efficiency and consistency, while Monte Vista North shows strength in student retention and literacy but faces challenges in math and declining rankings that warrant attention.
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