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Texans Can Academy - Houston North

Public, Charter Grades 9-12

1854^th

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of 2,009 Texas High Schools

Better than 8% of Texas high schools

Summary

Texans Can Academy - Houston North is a small alternative high school in Houston's Northside area, serving 254 students in grades 9-12, with over 80% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The school is part of the Texans Can Academies district and primarily serves students considered at risk of dropping out, but the data reveals severe challenges in helping them succeed.

The most striking difference between this school and its neighbors is its extremely high dropout rate of 33.7% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is over five times higher than the next closest school, Northside High School (4.4% dropout rate). The four-year graduation rate is just 18.4%, compared to 83.5% at Northside High School, which serves a similarly high percentage of economically disadvantaged students. Other nearby schools like East Early College High School and Kinder H S For Performing And Visual Arts boast 100% graduation rates. The student-teacher ratio has also spiked dramatically to 42.3:1, more than double any other nearby school, suggesting severe staffing shortages that make individualized attention nearly impossible.

Despite these challenges, there is one bright spot: Biology proficiency jumped to 44.74% in the 2025-2026 school year, significantly higher than the district average and a major improvement from the previous year's 11.54%. This suggests a specific instructional strategy or teacher may be making a difference. However, the school's spending per student (around $9,800-$10,200) is in the middle range compared to neighbors like Wheatley High School ($13,476) and Heights High School ($8,960), yet the outcomes remain critically low. The contrast with Northside High School, located just 0.68 miles away, shows that the challenges here are not solely about poverty but are deeply tied to the school's specific model and resource allocation.

254

Students ?

42.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,310

Per pupil spending ?

84.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3401 Hardy St
Houston, TX 77009

(713) 659-4226

District: Texans Can Academies

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.4%

African American:

48.8%

White:

0.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Texans Can Academies

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (21% vs 62% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!English II Reading scores 49 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school21%

District avg16%

Texas avg62%

1,854^th of 2,009

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 10High Schools in the Texans Can Academies

936^th of 951Texans Can Academies among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	6.4	1854 of 2009	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	2.9	1919 of 1974	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.1	1940 of 1990	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.9	1908 of 1961	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.1	1773 of 1876	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.6	1822 of 1861	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.0	1744 of 1857	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.8	1709 of 1797	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	4.5	1717 of 1777	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.4	1650 of 1762	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	6.9	1015 of 1086	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.0	820 of 834	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.5	1034 of 1065	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.3	1053 of 1069	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.5	941 of 1031	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.0	984 of 1020	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	955 of 1024	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	936 of 1013	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	12.7	1725 of 1837	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.5	1782 of 1829	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.3	1704 of 1810	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	1707 of 1784	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	15.8	1099 of 1195	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.1	1133 of 1153	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.0	1394 of 1437	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.9	1294 of 1371	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	1131 of 1278	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.3	1034 of 1195	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	934 of 1136	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	948 of 1113	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	7.3	1764 of 1936	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	1.6	1492 of 1504	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.0	1826 of 1880	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.8	1853 of 1891	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.0	1719 of 1841	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.9	1775 of 1815	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.7	1746 of 1798	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.4	1693 of 1781	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	12.5	1659 of 1860	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	3.2	1431 of 1453	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.3	1771 of 1805	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.5	1697 of 1820	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.3	1667 of 1762	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.0	1660 of 1743	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.9	1636 of 1714	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	1616 of 1691	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	8.2	1793 of 1937	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.3	1493 of 1513	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.7	1845 of 1884	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.2	1829 of 1897	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.8	1762 of 1847	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.7	1806 of 1848	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	1719 of 1818	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	1711 of 1794	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	5.2	1839 of 1954	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	2.5	1499 of 1515	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.9	1878 of 1891	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.3	1836 of 1913	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.7	1761 of 1853	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.9	1800 of 1840	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.9	1722 of 1824	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.8	1755 of 1803	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	12.2	553 of 604	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.4	572 of 582	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	11.5	1523 of 1581	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.5	1209 of 1299	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	1523 of 1548	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.0	1443 of 1478	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	1361 of 1418	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	1348 of 1382	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	1141 of 1357	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.5	976 of 1347	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	4.1	1461 of 1526	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.4	1507 of 1539	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2026)11th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)9th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2019)8th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2026)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)7th percentile~ school

African American (2026)7th percentile~ school

At Risk (2022)6th percentile~ school

Male (2026)6th percentile~ school

White (2019)4th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)4th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Biology45%-26 vs state

Algebra I30%-24 vs state

U.S. History23%-47 vs state

English I Reading14%-41 vs state

English II Reading11%-49 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2026)	STAAR EOC Biology (2026)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2026)	STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			STAAR Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Texans Can Academy - Houston North	Public, Charter	9-12	3401 Hardy St	Houston	77009	Harris County	Texans Can Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 659-4226	254	6	42.3	84.6%	2 (0.8%)	124 (48.8%)	128 (50.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6.4	1854^th of 2009 public high schools	7.7%		2.9	1919^th of 1974 public high schools	2.8%	65	29.7	44.7	14.1	11.1	22.9								$12,310
Northside High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1101 Quitman	Houston	77009	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 226-4900	1,058	73	14.4	95.6%	10 (0.9%)	168 (15.9%)	874 (82.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	49.7	954^th of 2009 public high schools	52.5%		33.7	1307^th of 1974 public high schools	33.8%	353	70.2	68.8	46.1	54.9	68.1								$11,802
Yes Prep - Northside	Public, Charter	6-12	5215 Jensen Dr	Houston	77026	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 924-0400	948	59	15.9	93.2%	9 (0.9%)	63 (6.6%)	874 (92.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	63.7	574^th of 2009 public high schools	71.4%		45.3	1031^st of 1974 public high schools	47.8%	457	64.3	71.8	58.0	70.7	88.8	46.7	53.9	59.1	38.2	41.0	41.5	22.8	$11,717
Mickey Leland College Prep Academy For Young Men	Public, Magnet	6-12	1700 Gregg St	Houston	77020	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 226-2668	251	21	11.9	76.5%	7 (2.8%)	113 (45.0%)	118 (47.0%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	57.8	742^nd of 2009 public high schools	63.1%		54.8	790^th of 1974 public high schools	60.0%	48	87.5	76.9	43.8	48.0	75.0	50.0	59.5	65.6	56.3		73.3	51.5	$13,263
Yes Prep - 5th Ward	Public, Charter	6-12	1305 Benson St	Houston	77020	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 924-0600	933	59	15.7	92.9%	6 (0.6%)	62 (6.6%)	860 (92.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	80.8	197^th of 2009 public high schools	90.2%		63.6	581^st of 1974 public high schools	70.6%	384	78.6	89.3	73.9	78.6	91.4	39.2	55.5	73.5	28.3	44.4	58.9	34.5	$11,967
Wheatley High School	Public	9-12	4801 Providence	Houston	77020	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 671-3900	537	58	9.2	96.5%	3 (0.6%)	289 (53.8%)	241 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	40.8	1214^th of 2009 public high schools	39.6%		31.3	1366^th of 1974 public high schools	30.8%	152	58.3	58.6	36.8	48.9	74.8								$21,380
Kinder H S For Performing And Visual Arts	Public, Magnet	9-12	790 Austin St	Houston	77002	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(713) 942-1960	782	48	16.1	23.1%	254 (32.5%)	146 (18.7%)	238 (30.4%)	86 (11.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (7.0%)	93.7	16^th of 2009 public high schools	99.2%		94.4	21^st of 1974 public high schools	98.9%	5	93.5	98.0	96.6	96.3	98.3								$9,238
Heights High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	413 E 13th St	Houston	77008	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 865-4400	2,426	123	19.7	60.5%	346 (14.3%)	222 (9.2%)	1,774 (73.1%)	35 (1.4%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (1.9%)	60.3	676^th of 2009 public high schools	66.4%		63.2	588^th of 1974 public high schools	70.2%	88	42.1	75.1	64.0	65.3	76.8								$8,755
Blessed Kidz	Public	8-12	3917 Kress St	Houston	77026	Harris County	Brookesmith Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(325) 643-3700	5	1	5.0		2 (40.0%)	3 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													$00
East Early College High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	220 N Milby St	Houston	77003	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 847-4809	458	23	19.6	78.2%	6 (1.3%)	17 (3.7%)	422 (92.1%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	93.1	23^rd of 2009 public high schools	98.9%		91.1	51^st of 1974 public high schools	97.4%	28	93.8	95.2	95.9	97.4	96.5								$7,746

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