Best Public Schools in Zip Code 77025

The six schools in Houston's 77025 zip code, serving grades PK through 12, present a striking academic and socioeconomic landscape, ranging from a top-tier elementary school to a school that has recently engineered a dramatic turnaround, all within the Houston Independent School District (Isd) and the Harmony Public Schools - Houston South charter district.

Twain Elementary is the clear standout, earning a 5-star rating for three consecutive years and ranking in the 93rd percentile statewide, with over 77% of students proficient in Reading. In contrast, Shearn Elementary has shown the most improvement, climbing from the 5th percentile to the 51st percentile in just two years. The zip code also features a unique high school, Harmony School Of Ingenuity-Houston, which excels in advanced humanities coursework, achieving an 83.62% proficiency rate in U.S. History. Meanwhile, Pershing Middle outperforms the high school in advanced math, with a 67.33% proficiency rate in Algebra I compared to Harmony's 49.18%, suggesting effective acceleration of top math students. Rice School /La Escuela Rice demonstrates a notable strength in its bilingual program, where 3rd graders taking the STAAR Spanish exam achieved a 58.33% proficiency rate in Math, more than double the state average.

Key metrics reveal a wide enrollment range from 470 students at Shearn to 1,141 at Pershing Middle, with student-teacher ratios between 14.2:1 at Longfellow Elementary and 18.5:1 at Twain. Per-student spending is fairly uniform across HISD schools, ranging from $9,035 to $9,730, while the charter school spent slightly more at $9,970. The data shows a clear correlation between economic status and academic ranking, with schools serving fewer students on free/reduced lunch consistently achieving higher state percentile ranks. This divide is most evident between Twain Elementary (19.26% disadvantaged) and Shearn Elementary (95.32% disadvantaged), highlighting the significant socioeconomic diversity within this single zip code.