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Worthing High School

Public Grades 9-12
1397th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,974 Texas High Schools
Better than 29% of Texas high schools
Summary

Worthing High School is a public high school in Houston, Texas, serving 831 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. Worthing High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Texas high schools over the past decade, with a ranking between 1,592 and 1,860 out of around 1,900 high schools.

Worthing High School faces significant academic challenges, with consistently lower proficiency rates on STAAR End-of-Course exams compared to state and district averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 32.02% in English I Reading to 57.93% in U.S. History, while the state averages were 51.26% and 67.94%, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate has also been lower than the state average, ranging from 73.6% to 83.7% over the past few years, and its dropout rate has been higher than the state average, ranging from 3.5% to 8.3%.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Mount Carmel Academy, Energy Institute High School, and Sterling High School, generally outperform Worthing High School on academic measures, graduation rates, and statewide rankings. For example, Energy Institute High School, a magnet school, ranked in the top 10% of Texas high schools and had significantly higher proficiency rates on STAAR EOC exams.

751
Students ?
10.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,195
Per pupil spending ?
90.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 9215 Scott St
       Houston, TX  77051-3302

(713) 733-3433

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)


Feeder schools for Worthing High School:

Elementary:    Almeda Elementary
    Bastian Elementary
    Law Elementary
    Reynolds Elementary
    More...
Middle:    Attucks Middle
Racial breakdown:

African American:
67.2%
Hispanic:
28.2%
White:
2.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2015 → 29th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 21 percentile points since 2015
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (43% vs 56% meeting standards)
!Biology scores 21 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school43%
District avg55%
Texas avg56%
1,397th of 1,974
Texas public high schools ?
Bottom 29%▲ up 21 pts since 2015
From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
30th of 44High Schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd)
505th 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202530.01397 of 197429.2%★☆☆☆☆
202415.91685 of 199015.3%★☆☆☆☆
20238.81773 of 19619.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.91631 of 187613.1%★☆☆☆☆
202113.31635 of 186112.1%★☆☆☆☆
201915.31592 of 185714.3%★☆☆☆☆
20189.21621 of 17979.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.51626 of 17778.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.81629 of 17627.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.31598 of 17438.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201410.61595 of 17348.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20136.41558 of 16525.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.61508 of 16035.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201120.31510 of 16729.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201027.51379 of 156812.1%★☆☆☆☆
200931.71271 of 153917.4%★☆☆☆☆
200820.31345 of 151010.9%★☆☆☆☆
200725.51270 of 149715.2%★☆☆☆☆
200622.21238 of 143013.4%★☆☆☆☆
200517.31285 of 142910.1%★☆☆☆☆
200427.31222 of 142714.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202421.3857 of 106519.5%★☆☆☆☆
202316.4926 of 106913.4%★☆☆☆☆
202224.5783 of 103124.1%★☆☆☆☆
202123.9791 of 102022.5%★☆☆☆☆
201925.2776 of 102424.2%★☆☆☆☆
201817.9867 of 101314.4%★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202221.91542 of 183716.1%★☆☆☆☆
202119.61585 of 182913.3%★☆☆☆☆
201927.31443 of 181020.3%★☆☆☆☆
201821.41565 of 178412.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202426.31058 of 143726.4%★☆☆☆☆
202317.61195 of 137112.8%★☆☆☆☆
202225.4967 of 127824.3%★☆☆☆☆
202132.9809 of 119532.3%★★☆☆☆
201932.9755 of 113633.5%★★☆☆☆
201823.2954 of 111314.3%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202410.01716 of 18808.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.91746 of 18917.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.81633 of 184111.3%★☆☆☆☆
202111.41631 of 181510.1%★☆☆☆☆
201913.01604 of 179810.8%★☆☆☆☆
20186.41682 of 17815.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202311.81092 of 11827.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.01069 of 11728.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.81095 of 11777.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20180.71124 of 11371.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202418.81528 of 180515.3%★☆☆☆☆
202310.41643 of 18209.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.71538 of 176212.7%★☆☆☆☆
202117.31488 of 174314.6%★☆☆☆☆
201918.41494 of 171412.8%★☆☆☆☆
20188.91573 of 16917.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202417.21641 of 188412.9%★☆☆☆☆
202310.71720 of 18979.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.91585 of 184714.2%★☆☆☆☆
202117.41596 of 184813.6%★☆☆☆☆
201920.11574 of 181813.4%★☆☆☆☆
201812.51644 of 17948.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202414.11639 of 189113.3%★☆☆☆☆
20239.21735 of 19139.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.41593 of 185314.0%★☆☆☆☆
202113.11639 of 184010.9%★☆☆☆☆
201915.61612 of 182411.6%★☆☆☆☆
201810.91647 of 18038.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202477.692 of 73187.4%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202452.7569 of 154863.2%★★★☆☆
202315.91398 of 14785.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202228.51093 of 141822.9%★☆☆☆☆
202118.51305 of 13825.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201933.2934 of 135731.2%★★☆☆☆
201830.3986 of 134726.8%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202333.51091 of 157630.8%★★☆☆☆
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)
Multi-racial (2024)87th percentile+72 vs school
Special Education (2024)63rd percentile+48 vs school
White (2023)31st percentile+21 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)26th percentile+11 vs school
African American (2024)20th percentile+4 vs school
At Risk (2022)16th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2024)15th percentile~ school
Male (2024)13th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)13th percentile~ school
Female (2024)9th percentile-7 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2023)8th percentile~ school
By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?
U.S. History58%-10 vs state
Algebra I51%+4 vs state
Biology41%-21 vs state
English II Reading40%-16 vs state
English I Reading32%-19 vs state

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Students at Worthing High School are 67% African American, 28% Hispanic, 2% White, 1% Two or more races.

Worthing High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Almeda Elementary
Elementary : Bastian Elementary
Elementary : Law Elementary
Elementary : Reynolds Elementary
Elementary : Young Elementary
Middle : Attucks Middle

Worthing High School ranks 1397th of 1974 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 751 students attended Worthing High School.


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