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Westbury High School

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Westbury High School ranks 1358 th of 1974 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades 9-12

1358^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 31% of Texas high schools

Summary

Westbury High School is a public magnet high school in Houston, Texas, serving 2,263 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Houston Independent School District, which is ranked 505 out of 961 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Westbury High School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas high schools, with a statewide ranking between 1300-1700 out of around 1900-2000 high schools over the past 10 years. Its performance on STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams is significantly below the district and state averages across all subjects. The school has had a 4-year graduation rate between 75-84% in recent years, which is lower than the district and state averages, and a dropout rate between 3.5-5.4%, which is higher than the district and state averages. Westbury High School spends around $9,600 per student, which is slightly higher than the district average but lower than some of the higher-performing nearby schools like Bellaire High School and Long Academy.

Westbury High School faces significant challenges in serving its predominantly economically disadvantaged and minority student population, with 89-92% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years. The school struggles to serve its subgroups of students, with low rankings for African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students compared to their peers statewide. The school's Gifted and Talented program is particularly weak, ranking in the bottom 10% of Texas high schools for this subgroup.

1,991

Students ?

15.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,583

Per pupil spending ?

91.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11911 Chimney Rock
Houston, TX 77035-4503

(713) 723-6015

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)

Feeder schools for Westbury High School:

Elementary:	Anderson Elementary
	Bell Elementary
	Elrod Elementary
	Foerster Elementary
	More...
	Gross Elementary
	Halpin Early Childhood Center
	Parker Elementary
	Red Elementary
	Tinsley Elementary
Middle:	Fondren Middle
	Meyerland Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.2%

African American:

25.5%

White:

2.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2015 → 31st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (44% vs 56% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!English I Reading scores 17 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school44%

District avg55%

Texas avg56%

1,358^th of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 17 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

28^th of 44High Schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd)

505^th of 961Houston Independent School District (Isd) 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
2025	31.6	1358 of 1974	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.7	1554 of 1990	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	1649 of 1961	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.5	1580 of 1876	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.9	1592 of 1861	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	1521 of 1857	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.7	1461 of 1797	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.8	1524 of 1777	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.7	1479 of 1762	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.8	1487 of 1743	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	23.2	1447 of 1734	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	23.3	1386 of 1652	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	26.0	1335 of 1603	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	37.4	1345 of 1672	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	41.0	1218 of 1568	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	29.9	1298 of 1539	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	29.5	1263 of 1510	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	23.4	1288 of 1497	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	15.3	1295 of 1430	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	12.7	1323 of 1429	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	15.7	1306 of 1427	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	37.3	606 of 1065	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.7	732 of 1069	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.6	681 of 1031	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.1	694 of 1020	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.3	696 of 1024	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.9	643 of 1013	36.5%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	5.1	498 of 530	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.2	501 of 525	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.0	498 of 507	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	0.7	483 of 488	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	0.9	479 of 487	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	0.3	482 of 486	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	25.3	1445 of 1837	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.7	1625 of 1829	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.3	1381 of 1810	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.2	1162 of 1784	34.9%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	30.1	971 of 1437	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.5	1113 of 1371	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	1058 of 1278	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.6	986 of 1195	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	923 of 1136	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	902 of 1113	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	20.6	1516 of 1880	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	1641 of 1891	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	1556 of 1841	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	1542 of 1815	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	1530 of 1798	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.3	1538 of 1781	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2023	7.5	1116 of 1182	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	1071 of 1172	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.5	1033 of 1177	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.9	969 of 1145	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	1047 of 1137	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	25.1	1383 of 1805	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	1527 of 1820	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	1467 of 1762	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	1482 of 1743	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.1	1390 of 1714	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	1387 of 1691	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	27.7	1403 of 1884	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	1587 of 1897	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	1500 of 1847	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	1529 of 1848	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	1487 of 1818	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.3	1401 of 1794	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	22.5	1471 of 1891	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	1573 of 1913	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	1577 of 1853	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.4	1637 of 1840	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	1556 of 1824	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.3	1522 of 1803	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	23.2	594 of 731	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.4	496 of 677	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	45.2	332 of 664	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	22.5	497 of 604	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	55.7	227 of 582	61.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	52.5	575 of 1548	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.7	974 of 1478	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.9	1018 of 1418	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.4	1228 of 1382	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.8	1020 of 1357	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.4	785 of 1347	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	34.6	1051 of 1556	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.8	1224 of 1576	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	1233 of 1525	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.2	1190 of 1510	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	1378 of 1526	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	26.6	1237 of 1539	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2024)63rd percentile+41 vs school

African American (2024)43rd percentile+21 vs school

White (2024)32nd percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)32nd percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)26th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2024)23rd percentile~ school

Male (2024)22nd percentile~ school

At Risk (2022)21st percentile+6 vs school

Female (2024)19th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)19th percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2024)6th percentile-16 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2023)6th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History56%-12 vs state

Biology48%-14 vs state

Algebra I47%~ state avg

English II Reading43%-13 vs state

English I Reading34%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR EOC Biology (2025)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)			STAAR Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Science (2025)	STAAR Social Studies (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Westbury High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	11911 Chimney Rock	Houston	77035	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 723-6015	1,991	130	15.3	91.3%	51 (2.6%)	508 (25.5%)	1,378 (69.2%)	34 (1.7%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (0.9%)	31.6	1358^th of 1974 public high schools	31.2%		23.7	1554^th of 1990 public high schools	21.9%	196	47.1	47.7	34.3	42.7	55.7									$9,583
Harmony School Of Ingenuity-Houston	Public, Charter	6-12	10555 Stella Link Rd	Houston	77025	Harris County	Harmony Public Schools - Houston South	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 664-1020	727	47	15.3	77.4%	20 (2.8%)	168 (23.1%)	518 (71.3%)	19 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	57.9	722^nd of 1974 public high schools	63.4%		46.2	1025^th of 1990 public high schools	48.5%	303	49.6	66.7	58.7	61.2	70.1	62.8	52.3	52.3	43.6	16.7	49.4	27.6	15.9	$13,172
Texans Can Academy - Houston Southwest	Public, Charter	9-12	10914 S Gessner	Houston	77071	Harris County	Texans Can Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 918-4316	410	14	28.3	88.5%	6 (1.5%)	103 (25.1%)	291 (71.0%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3.3	1902^nd of 1974 public high schools	3.6%		3.3	1925^th of 1990 public high schools	3.3%	23	4.2	7.3	5.2	8.7	29.2									$10,474
Bellaire High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	5100 Maple	Bellaire	77401	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 295-3704	3,216	167	19.2	57.6%	649 (20.2%)	533 (16.6%)	1,469 (45.7%)	453 (14.1%)	5 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	102 (3.2%)	66.1	520^th of 1974 public high schools	73.7%		57.7	741^st of 1990 public high schools	62.8%	221	37.6	75.3	66.8	65.0	77.7									$8,357
Madison High School	Public	9-12	13719 Whiteheather	Houston	77045	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 433-9801	1,588	119	13.3	89.9%	21 (1.3%)	527 (33.2%)	1,006 (63.4%)	16 (1.0%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (0.8%)	32.7	1330^th of 1974 public high schools	32.6%		20.4	1617^th of 1990 public high schools	18.7%	287	51.6	52.3	30.2	39.4	60.6									$12,197
Sharpstown High School	Public	9-12	7504 Bissonnet St	Houston	77074	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 771-7215	1,689	106	15.9	95.9%	32 (1.9%)	223 (13.2%)	1,293 (76.6%)	121 (7.2%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	11 (0.7%)	15.2	1691^st of 1974 public high schools	14.3%		6.3	1859^th of 1990 public high schools	6.6%	168	39.7	25.9	18.5	26.5	41.2									$9,080
Yes Prep - Brays Oaks	Public, Charter	6-12	9000 W Bellfort St	Houston	77031	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 967-8400	1,051	59	17.8	94.4%	11 (1.0%)	64 (6.1%)	962 (91.5%)	8 (0.8%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	68.1	469^th of 1974 public high schools	76.2%		62.3	625^th of 1990 public high schools	68.6%	156	63.8	70.1	68.6	67.4	72.2	45.0	60.8	59.2	25.0	42.2	45.7	44.5	33.6	$11,517
Energized For Stem Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	7055 Beechnut St	Houston	77074	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 394-3550	520	19	27.5	96.3%	8 (1.5%)	15 (2.9%)	489 (94.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	66.9	499^th of 1974 public high schools	74.7%		68.3	475^th of 1990 public high schools	76.1%	24	63.4	81.8	48.3	70.0	80.4									$8,244
Thurgood Marshall High School	Public	9-12	1220 Buffalo Run	Missouri City	77489	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 634-6630	1,698	110	15.4	72.1%	19 (1.1%)	1,080 (63.6%)	534 (31.4%)	26 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	31 (1.8%)	28.9	1427^th of 1974 public high schools	27.7%		21.6	1594^th of 1990 public high schools	19.9%	167	18.6	52.6	41.2	45.0	50.4									$10,695
Yes Prep - Southwest	Public, Charter	6-12	4411 Anderson Rd	Houston	77053	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 967-9200	1,060	58	18.3	92.4%	6 (0.6%)	51 (4.8%)	1,001 (94.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73.9	327^th of 1974 public high schools	83.4%		65.5	545^th of 1990 public high schools	72.6%	218	76.6	62.6	67.2	80.7	82.2	58.0	61.6	67.3	46.9	53.8	38.5	46.2	18.0	$11,438

Frequently Asked Questions about Westbury High School

Is Westbury High School a good school?

Westbury High School ranks 1358^th of 1974 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Westbury High School in?

Houston Independent School District (Isd)

What schools feed into Westbury High School?

Westbury High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Anderson Elementary
Elementary : Bell Elementary
Elementary : Elrod Elementary
Elementary : Foerster Elementary
Elementary : Gross Elementary
Elementary : Halpin Early Childhood Center
Elementary : Parker Elementary
Elementary : Red Elementary
Elementary : Tinsley Elementary
Middle : Fondren Middle
Middle : Meyerland Middle

What is the racial makeup of Westbury High School?

Students at Westbury High School are 69% Hispanic, 26% African American, 3% White, 2% Asian.

How many students attend Westbury High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,991 students attended Westbury High School.

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