Summary
Davis H S Aldine is a large traditional public high school in Houston, TX, serving 3,184 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Aldine Independent School District (Isd), a district that ranks in the bottom third of Texas. The school serves a predominantly low-income community, with over 83% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, and has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Texas high schools over the past decade, currently sitting at the 21st percentile.
Despite its overall low performance, Davis H S Aldine shows a notable strength in U.S. History, where 67.59% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year—higher than the district average and close to the state average. This is a consistent bright spot compared to its struggles in Math and English. The school also shows signs of improvement, with its graduation rate jumping from the low 70s to 83.3% and its dropout rate nearly halved to 4.0% in recent years. However, the most significant academic challenge is Algebra I, where proficiency rates have been abysmally low, hitting a low of 10.94% in 2023-2024 before improving to 24.64% in 2025-2026—still less than half the district average.
An interesting comparison is with Blanson Cte High School, just 2.98 miles away in the same district, which ranks in the 96th percentile with test scores nearly 3-4 times higher and a graduation rate of 99.7%. This massive performance gap within the same district suggests that the educational model and program focus, not just funding, drive outcomes. Davis H S Aldine is also remarkably similar to Aldine High School, another large traditional high school less than 3 miles away, with nearly identical rankings, test scores, and graduation rates, indicating that the challenges are systemic within the district's comprehensive high schools rather than unique to Davis.
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